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achieve fair rate increases to cover costs that drove the company into a dire financial crisis. At times literally insolvent, Alabama Power survived on the sheer determination of management and employees not to fail. Construction resumed on the dam, but another flood in 1981 again delayed completion. Finally, on October 25, 1982, Alabama Power announced that the massive steel gates on Harris Dam would be lowered to seal off the sluiceway tunnels in the 150-foot-high concrete dam, which was 1,142 feet long. The dam was composed of 392,000 cubic yards of concrete, 612,100 cubic yards of earth, and 80,800 cubic yards of rock. Some 6,000 yards of concrete were poured to seal off the sluiceway tunnels, and the 10,661-acre reservoir began to fill with the rains. The lake was 135 feet deep at the dam, stretched 24 miles upstream, and had a shoreline of 272 miles. Its reservoir capacity would help with spring flood control. The lake is the sixth largest Alabama Power lake in the state. Initial generation plans were for the installation of two 16 megawatt units; ultimately, two 67.5 megawatt units were installed with a combined 135 megawatts generation capacity. By April 1983, both units were in service. On the dam’s completion, Alabama Power paid one million dollars in ad valorem taxes to Randolph County, providing a solid and stable tax revenue for the county.
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Attorneys Oliver Kitchens & Kesa M. Johnston
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