Hugh McRae and Rockingham Power company had started and nearly completed Blewett Falls Dam. But when hard times and floods hit the dam project, he lost out.
Work at the Blewett Fall dam was going good until 1907. That particular year a flood coming from a hurricane caused the Pee Dee River to crest way above its…
In 1905 when Hugh McRae began his new company (Rockingham Power Co.) He was quoted as saying that his new company would be the ‘The great emancipator’ of the region,
In 1905 when Hugh McRae began his new company (Rockingham Power Co.) He was quoted as saying that his new company would be the ‘The great emancipator’ of the…
Our story began at a place on Pee Dee River that was and now called Blewett Falls. Native Americans used this fall of the river to trap and catch food.