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Values Of Vandalia
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FAIRMONT - West Virginia's real estate market has lagged behind the rest of the nation in recent years.
But the value of one piece of property in Marion County jumped by nearly $400,000 in the matter of just a few hours.
In May 2005, Southland Properties LLC bought 48 acres of land behind the Middletown Mall near Fairmont for $1.25 million. Later that same day, the company sold the property for $1.6 million.
The property was purchased by Vandalia Redevelopment Corp., a sister organization to the non-profit Vandalia Heritage Foundation, which focuses on the economic revitalization of the area ...
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Dams and their usefulness.
Magazine article from: Economic Review
; ...is seldom used in a dam because, timbers...is not reasonable. Dams made from rock, earth...Hoover dam. A large dam of the Panama forms a Gatun lake. Notable dams in Egypt are built...the height of the dam. Concrete buttress dams have materials in...
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DAM SAFETY ASSISTANCE:MR. KENNETH SMITH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...employees assigned to the dam safety program. Indiana has about 1,100 dams with only 1 engineer...several large and tragic dam failures in the 1970s that focused attention on dams and prompted Congress to pass national dam safety legislation...
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DAM SAFETY ASSISTANCE:DAVID I. MAURSTAD
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...inspecting and regulating dams. On February 26, 1972, a dam owned by the Buffalo Mining...dams in Maine to the Folsom Dam in California, dams continue to present a significant...improvement of our nation`s dams. The Dam Safety and Security Act of...
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WHICH DAMS SHOULD GO? STATE WEIGHS HARM, CHARM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...every spring. The dam is one of about 3,000 dams blocking Massachusetts...of dozens of other dams are unknown. Staff...Restore, the state dam removal program, and...trying to track down dam owners. About 350 dams are on the state...
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Dams and its usefulness.
Magazine article from: Economic Review
; ...Grand Coulee dam, and Hoover dam. A large dam of the Panama forms Gatun Lake. Notable dams in Egypt are built on river...spillway. In this way the dam's foundation is not eroded. In Pakistan, three major dams i.e. Mangla, Tarbela...
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DAMS HAVE PROVEN WORTH 1,500 TIMES
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News
; ...500 times," since the dams were built, Rinehart said. "So each time the dam has stored means it keeps...First, we have five large dams designed to hold back...is no water behind the dams. But when we've had...there are openings in the dam that let a certain amount...
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Dam Repair Bill Urged.
Magazine article from: New England Construction
; ...repair of publicly owned dams. The Dam Rehabilitation and...failure of a substandard dam." In addition to flood protection, dams provide renewable hydroelectric...introduction of the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act. "Dams provide tremendous...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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DAMS: THE BIG IF NO PROBLEM UNLESS...\ LAKE CUMBERLAND'S FAILING DAM HAS PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE RISK OF ANY IMPOUNDMENT. MOSTLY, THE RISK IS MINIMAL -- MINIMAL, THAT IS, IF THE DAMS DON'T LEAK, AREN'T NEGLECTED, AND DON'T GIVE WAY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
; ...while Northern Kentucky dams include the 112-foot dam at the 51-acre Doe Run...probably the majority of dams in the state need a lot...Ogden, administrator of dam safety engineering for...Another big issue is dams that were once in the...
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 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
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Dams a blunt instrument to manage floods; Africa should adopt more sophisticated measures to prevent drowning and damage to property in an era of global warming, writes Patrick McCully.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa)
; ...people died from a chain of dam failures in central China in 1975). Several large dams have collapsed in Nigeria...notably, the Bagauda Dam in Kano state in 1988...Tiga and Challawa Gorge dams. Alterations in water...Mozambique's Cahora Bassa Dam that could reduce the...
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A dam problem
Magazine article from: Marketplace
; ...water for which the dam was installed. Wisconsin...120 FERC-licensed dams, "many in the northeastern...to some communities, dam opponents believe dams have multiple unencouraging...a concern, and some dam opponents believe dams harm the natural character...
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