This report is published for the purpose of giving to the engineering profession and others interested in river-control projects the important and useful facts about the planning and construction of the Pickwick Landing Dam and Reservoir, located on the Tennessee River in western Tennessee near the Mississippi-Alabama line and constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, an agency of the United States Government.

This report is published for the purpose of giving to the engineering profession and others interested in river-control projects the important and useful facts about the planning and construction of the Pickwick Landing Dam and Reservoir, located on the Tennessee River in western Tennessee near the Mississippi-Alabama line and constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, an agency of the United States Government.

This report on the Guntersville project, like the companion reports published on other construction projects completed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, is intended to give the engineering profession and general public facts about the planning, design, construction, and initial operations of the Guntersville project. The report, compiled from construction data and final records contained in the Authority's files, is restricted to the more important facts concerning the development and construction of the project.