User:Brumleygap/Brumley Gap, Virginia

''' Brumley Gap, Virginia

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For about five years (1977 to 1982) Brumley Gap residents faced the possible destruction of their community. Appalachian Power Company (APCO), now American Electric Power, planned to build the nation's largest pumped-storage hydroelectric facility at Brumley Gap which would have flooded the area. Dick Austin, Sam Dickenson, and other community members started a coalition of APCO Consumers that forced American Electric Power to withdraw their plans.