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Oral History Interview with Joseph A. Herzenberg, November 18, 1985. Interview K-0008. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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Creation of Jordan Lake, once an alternative to the Cane Creek reservoir

Herzenberg explains how Jordan Lake arrived in the Triangle area as an Army Corps of Engineers program to prevent flooding in the Cape Fear Valley. Jordan Lake was being considered as an alternative source of water to a Cane Creek reservoir.

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Interviewer	Mary L. Dexter
Interviewee	Joseph A. Herzenberg
Excerpt Length	0:01:13
Start Time	00:01:37
Stop Time	00:02:50
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Freshwater Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Environmental Management

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Oral History Interview with Joseph A. Herzenberg, November 18, 1985. Interview K-0008. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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