Shortly after WWII, the Corps of Engineers began work on Bull Shoals Dam, located on the White River approximately 10 miles west of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Construction started in June of 1947 and was completed in July of 1951. It is a much larger dam than Norfork, and at the time of construction was the 5th largest dam in the world. It extends 2,256 feet across the White River, is 256 feet tall, and contains over 3,700,000 tons of aggregate and 3100 tons of reinforced steel. Over 1,000 personnel labored to complete the project. Because Bull Shoals was a much larger dam than Norfork, the construction superintendent had to handle the unusual problem of how aggregate was going to be delivered to the work site. The solution was a conveyor belt system that had 21 flights, and delivered 650 tons of aggregate per day at a speed of 525 feet per minute over a distance of 7 miles.
Bull Shoals Lake has a shoreline of 740 miles. As the pool rises to the top of flood control pool elevation 695 m.s.l., the shoreline miles increase to 1,050 miles. The Bull Shoals project area contains 71,240 surface acres.
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