Watts Bar steam plant. Partial view of generator hall with one of 60,000 kva turbines in foreground. Gray ceramic tile floor, blue-gray tile walls, exposed steel work designed for maximum simplicity with rigid frame roof arches, precast concrete slabs, continuous glass brick above crane rail level. Units in light cream with a rich tan over portions of the machinery subject to particularly high temperatures. Light color over other portions compels first-class maintenance, also emphasizes importance of units by concentrating attention
Summary
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2591.
Title and other information from caption sheet entry.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: owibatch7
Tags
Date
01/01/1933
Location
rhea county
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html