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From: Judy Arnold <>
Subject: Re: [KYBRECKI] Dam 45 Addison, Ky
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 17:23:48 -0600
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I know Lock and dam 46 is or was Owensboro. Do not know about
Addison/Stephenson number.
Judy

wrote:

> Those people (my father was one of them) were Government employes of the
> Lock and Dam Branch of the US Army Corps of Engineers with Louisville as
> their headquarters. Louisville is their headquarters still. There are retired
> Ex employes in the area of all of the dams.
> There is a large phone book entry for them the "employe locator is 502 582
> 5918 I am doubtful that this would include old employes but it might be a
> place to start. departments not listed Like retirement records or personel
> records is 582 6377. lockmaster dam 41 is 774 3514. He is traditionally one
> of the older employes. A Generic address for him would be Lockmaster Dam 41
> (McAlpine Dam) Shippingport Island Ohio River 402xx with SSAE might get a
> reply.
> If you live near any of the dams you could drive there and ask for retirees
> and, probably, one could tell you where to find info you wanted. Likely it
> would have to have a purpose other than genealogy if it was earlier than the
> 70 years old covered by the privacy laws but maybe not.
> Since this is ARMY Civilian employes it might be covered in military records
> somewhere. Possibly the US ARMY Corps of ENgineers has a web site. I would do
> a search and see. They are the same people who operate Hoover dam and a huge
> number of similar projects for flood control and navigation. I lived at Dam
> 45 as a child, fished, and had a garden, to sell produce to the boats who
> locked through about l945-8
> Best luck.
> Charles Severs
>
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