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    Water Works System – Sardis MS

    Date added: September 20, 2021

    Public Works Administration project 4251 was approved 12/28/1933 for a water works system in Sardis. A loan $14,257 and grant of $5,342 was announced in December 1933. Construction began 6/12/1934 and was completed 8/28/1934 for a total of $19,599.

    Sardis Lake and Dam – Sardis MS

    Date added: March 8, 2014; Modified: March 8, 2014

    “…the vast New Deal flood-control project (1938-42) that dammed the Tallahatchie River and created Sardis Lake, an artificial reservoir that covered hundreds of square miles in western Lafayette and eastern Panola counties. The dam itself was a giant, mile-long mound… read more