ASCE NC Eastern Branch August Lucheon

The original Hope Mills Dam was constructed in the 1830s to provide power to four cotton mills. The dam was breached and rebuilt between 1923 and 1924. The second dam overtopped in 2003. A third dam was constructed five years later, but in 2010, it failed as well. The design-build team removed the remains of the 2008 structure and build a new dam.