Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Kentucky Dam Project
Series Number: OH223
Interviewee: Voegelin, Glen
Interviewer: Miller, Chamonie S.
Date interviewed: November 20, 1995
Processed by: Dieter C. Ullrich on November 22, 2013.
Date processed: November 22, 2013
Description: 1 sound disc (19 minutes)
Abstract: Glen Voegelin discusses his years of employment as a field engineer and chief surveyor for the Tennessee Valley Authority during the construction of the Kentucky Dam. He discusses how he was hired by the TVA, his duties as chief surveyor, work related accidents and deaths, race relations, segregation and living at the Kentucky Dam Village.
Biographical / Historical note: Glen Voegelin was born in the State of Oklahoma in 1912. He served as an assistant field engineer and chief surveyor at the Kentucky Dam during its construction from the latter part of 1941 to the early part of 1946. Prior to being hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority, he worked in construction and as a surveyor in Oklahoma.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Voegelin, Glen, 1912-
Kentucky Dam (Ky.)
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Dams – Kentucky.
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) – History.
Kentucky Dam Village State Park (Ky.) – History.
Surveyors – Kentucky.
