Divide Cut seen from the Holcut Memorial site

Holcut was a small town located in Tishomingo County,

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. In 1976, the

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bought out and demolished the town because it lay in the path of the Divide Cut, a

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section of the

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, which was constructed between 1972 and 1984. After the town was demolished, the Corps of Engineers established a Holcut memorial next to the canal near the site of the town.

References

External links

Corps of Engineers: Pictures of Holcut Memorial
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