It is 1954, me, Wayne (11 years old) and Scott (5 years old) (my brothers) were listening to the radio in the dinner room. We heard the newscaster say, “Today is the start of construction on the Table Rock Dam in Oasis, Missouri. This dam is being made for flood control and is expected to be finish with construction in 1958. In four years the dam is expected to fill up to its normal water levels.” “Now here is some words from the U.S President- Harry S. Truman.” Me, my brothers (Wayne and Scott), Mom and Dad live in the small town of Oasis Missouri. The Table Rock Dam is going to be built right over our small town so, we will have to move in about four years. When dad got home he sat down at the dinner room table and asked“So boys, are you excited to have this new dam?” “We will get to move out of the holler when the construction is finished for the dam but now we will not have to leave and clean the house up every time we get a big rain.” …show more content…
They engineers have to put the hydroelectric generators and finish the flood gates and the dam will be done. The only bad thing about the dam is the it is already started to