APGI completes Tuckertown boat ramp improvements

The repairs and improvements to the concrete boat ramp at the Highway 49 Boat Access Area in Stanly County have been completed and Tuckertown Reservoir is once again full.

The new concrete boat ramp at Hwy. 49
Boat Access Area is not complete.

Alcoa Power Generating Inc. temporarily lowered Tuckertown so it could perform the work last week. Lake levels returned to normal on Monday.

“Boaters can now enjoy the new concrete ramp, which has been repaired and extended to make it safer and easier to load or unload boats,” said Karen Baldwin, APGI Natural Resources Manager. “The project was completed on time and lake levels quickly returned to normal.”

Salisbury Post profiles former Alcoa employee

This morning’s Salisbury Post includes a profile of former Alcoa employee Frank King, Jr.  Frank worked for Alcoa for 44 years, playing a key role in early residential development along High Rock Lake and the creation of Tuckertown Reservoir. He retired in 1978. 

“People used to say that no one knew Alcoa’s reservoirs, especially High Rock Lake, better than Frank King Jr.,” writes reporter Mark Wineka.

From what I hear, that’s certainly true.  

All of us at Alcoa were thrilled to read about Frank and his family.  If you’d like to read the entire article (97-year-old recounts battling malaria for Alcoa) you can find it online at:  www.salisburypost.com/News/032411-wineka-frank-king-man-for-the-ages-qcd