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Coordinates: 36°48′07″N 82°01′37″W / 36.80194°N 82.02694°W / 36.80194; -82.02694
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Brumley Gap, Virginia

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Brumley Gap, Virginia
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Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates: 36°48′07″N 82°01′37″W / 36.80194°N 82.02694°W / 36.80194; -82.02694
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyWashington
Elevation
1,709 ft (521 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
24210
Area code276
GNIS feature ID1493843[1]

Brumley Gap may get its name from Richard Brumley (circa 1773) who owned 80 acres along the North Fork of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia[2]

Sam Dickenson was president of the Brumley Gap Concerned Citizens (BGCC) organization.[3][4]

Brumley Gap: People Power Prevailing Over Corporate America[5]

In Virginia: Taking On a Dam Site[6]

Minnie Ma Scyphers' paintings tell the story of a life in Brumley Gap[7]

From 1977 to 1982, Austin turned his attention to a more local issue. American Electric Power planned to build the nation's largest pumped-storage hydroelectric facility at Brumley Gap in southwestern Virginia. Austin led the Coalition of American Electric Consumers that forced American Electric Power to withdraw their plans.[8]

"David and Goliath revisited: lessons from the Brumley Gap Concerned Citizens' struggle to save their valley" by Dawn Alexander E&H 1993 (E&H Library AC801.P6 A44)

Notes

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  1. ^ GNIS
  2. ^ Tennis 2004, p.86
  3. ^ Sierra Club bulletin, Volume 69
  4. ^ Author 1979, p.34
  5. ^ http://www2.tricities.com/news/2008/aug/10/brumley_gap_people_power_prevailing_over_corporate-ar-253920/ Bristol Herald-Courier, Debra McCown Published: August 10, 2008
  6. ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,920144,00.html Time Magazine, Joëlle Attinger, Monday, Feb. 26, 1979
  7. ^ http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/jul/23/paintings-tell-story-life-brumley-gap-ar-347520/ Bristol Herald-Courier Debra McCowan, July 23, 2010
  8. ^ http://www.creeksidepress.com/biography.html Dick Austin's biography at Creekside Press

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