Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the amount of money being spent on construction. Construction crews began installing the asphalt core of Chimney Hollow dam — only the second dam ...
When Chimney Hollow Reservoir is built, the dam will be one of the first in the United States with an asphalt core — a method developed in Germany in the 1960s and used widely in other countries. The ...
Construction crews began installing the asphalt core of Chimney Hollow dam — only the second dam in the U.S. with asphalt at its center to serve as a “water stop” — in 2022, a year that saw crews make ...