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[Canal dam, Lexington, Virginia]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Canal dam, Lexington, Virginia]. 19th century, Library of Congress co...

Original glass plate negative from Miley's Gallery, Lexington, VA. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sweetwater Dam near San Diego, Calif.

Sweetwater Dam near San Diego, Calif.

Photograph shows water cascading over top of the Sweetwater Dam in Spring Valley, California. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).

Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 18, drift gap with bear trap gates

Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 18, drift gap with bear trap ...

Detail of plate no. 18, showing the "transverse section of bear trap." Illus. in: Davis Island Dam, Ohio River / United States Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, D.C. : The Norris Peters Co., Photo-litho., 1... More

View of the broken dam looking from bed of lake, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889

View of the broken dam looking from bed of lake, Johnstown Flood, May ...

17846U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Broken dam from roadway, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889

Broken dam from roadway, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889

17848U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.

[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]

[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]

Clara Barton Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dam at Adams Bag Co., Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Dam at Adams Bag Co., Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Photograph shows water cascading over spillway of dam in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, with stone buildings of the Adams Bag Co. in the background. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).

San Mateo (Crystal Springs) Dam, a concrete curved gravity structure built to provide San Francisco with water

San Mateo (Crystal Springs) Dam, a concrete curved gravity structure b...

Illustration showing horse-drawn carriages crossing the top of the dam with the reservoir on the left and the downstream face on the right. Caption continues: As shown in this 1895 photograph, the San Mateo Da... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Ku Tree Reservoir, Dam, Kalakoa Stream, East Range, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Ku Tree Reservoir, Dam, Kalak...

Significance: The Ku Tree Reservoir dam is significant as a major element of the Ku Tree Reservoir and as a good example of a hydraulic earth-fill dam constructed in Hawaii during the period 1900-1940. Designe... More

Photos by a commercial "wanderer" through New York and Pennsylvania. Portrait, dam, views of towns

Photos by a commercial "wanderer" through New York and Pennsylvania. P...

Images listed from upper left, clockwise. In album: Photos by a commercial "wanderer" through New York and Pennsylvania, p. [11]. Item title devised.

Redridge Timber Crib Dam, Salmon Trout River, Beacon Hill, Houghton County, MI

Redridge Timber Crib Dam, Salmon Trout River, Beacon Hill, Houghton Co...

Significance: The Atlantic Mining Company constructed this log dam across the Salmon Trout River to supply water to their stamping plant at nearby Redridge, on the shores of Lake Superior. It was completed in ... More

Redridge Steel Dam, Salmon Trout River, Beacon Hill, Houghton County, MI

Redridge Steel Dam, Salmon Trout River, Beacon Hill, Houghton County, ...

Significance: The water supply impounded by the log dam, built by the Atlantic Mining Company across the Salmon Trout River in 1894, proved inadequate when the Baltic Mining Company built a stamp mill on Lake S... More

Watob Dam, near St. Cloud, Minnesota

Watob Dam, near St. Cloud, Minnesota

Photograph shows water flowing over the spillway of the Watob Dam, with a factory(?) in the background. H110235 U.S. Copyright Office.

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Postcard shows dam, generating plant and a paper mill in Beloit, Wisconsin. H 116539 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hamilton Bros., Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Great Nile dam, at first cataract, Egypt

Great Nile dam, at first cataract, Egypt

Photo shows the Aswan dam (old Aswan dam) near Aswān, Egypt H108841 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Copyright 1908 by Stereo-Travel Co." No. 100.

Power Dam and Snake River, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Power Dam and Snake River, Idaho Falls, Idaho

J131153 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; August 30, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA.

Great dam of the Connecticut River, furnishing power for mills of Holyoke, Massachusetts., U.S.A

Great dam of the Connecticut River, furnishing power for mills of Holy...

On mount: H.C. White Co., Chicago, New York, London. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.) Patented April 14, 1903. No. 621.2; 917.4; 93; 12860.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Plotina na r. Olʹkhovki︠e︡ u Generalʹskoĭ dachi okolo Ekaterinburga, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Plotina na r. Olʹkhovki︠e︡ u Generalʹskoĭ dac...

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 58. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

View of the Washington Mills, Fries Virginia Housing conditions are fairly good, but housekeeping not very good. Working very good. Good light, fresh air. Fries, Virginia Location: Fries, Virginia

View of the Washington Mills, Fries Virginia Housing conditions are fa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1499. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Sosnenskai︠a︡ melʹnit︠s︡a s plotinoĭ, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Sosnenskai︠a︡ melʹnit︠s︡a s plotinoĭ, photogr...

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 112. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Big Bear lake and dam, California

Big Bear lake and dam, California

Photograph shows view from high vantage point of dam and lake before the highway bridge was built over the top of the dam. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).

The Eastwood multiple arched dam, Big Bear Valley, San Bernadino Co., Cal.

The Eastwood multiple arched dam, Big Bear Valley, San Bernadino Co., ...

Illustration showing multiple arch dam, with cameo portrait of John S. Eastwood. Caption: The upstream side of Big Bear Valley Dam, illustrating the characteristic shape of a multiple arch design; the portrait... More

Roosevelt Dam, general view,  Panoramic Photograph

Roosevelt Dam, general view, Panoramic Photograph

J179548 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 25, 1913. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Photo & Art Co., 727 So. Main St., Los Angeles. Phone F-4116. No. 3059. Order by number. Mail o... More

Roosevelt Dam & power house,  Panoramic Photograph

Roosevelt Dam & power house, Panoramic Photograph

J179547 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 25, 1913. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Photo & Art Co., 727 So. Main St., Los Angeles. Phone, F-4116. No. 3063. Order by number. Mail ... More

Granite Reef, gelatin silver print,  Panoramic Photograph

Granite Reef, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

Granite Reef diversion dam of the Salt River Project. J179545 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 25, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: L.A., Cal. No. 3058.

Gatun Locks - emergency dams,  Panoramic Photograph

Gatun Locks - emergency dams, Panoramic Photograph

J188522 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 535. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913; DLC/PP-1914:44724.

Roosevelt Dam & lake, gelatin silver print

Roosevelt Dam & lake, gelatin silver print

J179549 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 25, 1913. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Photo & Art Co., 727 So. Main St., Los Angeles. Phone, F-4116. No. 3060. Order by number. Mail ... More

Gatun Locks - emergency dams,  Panoramic Photograph

Gatun Locks - emergency dams, Panoramic Photograph

J188523 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 536. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913.

Spillway - Miraflores Locks, gelatin silver print

Spillway - Miraflores Locks, gelatin silver print

J188506 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 550. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913.

Spillway - Gatun Dam, gelatin silver print

Spillway - Gatun Dam, gelatin silver print

J188527 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 540. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913; DLC/PP-1914:44724.

Arrowrock Dam down stream face

Arrowrock Dam down stream face

Photograph shows the Arrowrock Dam and spillway from down stream. J216920 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1916 by Walter J. Lubken, Boise, Idaho.

[Spillway, Gatun Dam, Panama Canal],  Panoramic Photograph

[Spillway, Gatun Dam, Panama Canal], Panoramic Photograph

J188870 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; January 9, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans. No. 672. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

[Emergency dams, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal]

[Emergency dams, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal]

J188872 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans. No. 670. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; January 9, 1914.

Electric power dam at Thompson Falls, Mont.

Electric power dam at Thompson Falls, Mont.

J204357 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. J. Frazier; June 29, 1915. Copyright claimant's address: Thompson Falls, Mont.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Postroĭka damby dli︠a︠ zh. dorogi v Sorocheĭ Gubi︠e︡, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Postroĭka damby dli︠a︠ zh. dorogi v Sorocheĭ ...

In album: Views along the Murmansk Railway, Russian Empire, LOT 10334, no. 153. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information abo... More

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a man and a dog on a bridge

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a man and a dog on a...

Young man with stringer of fish on bridge over Roosevelt Dam, Arizona. J203790 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.E. Kunselman, Phoenix, Ariz. No. 900(?)

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a dam

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a dam

J203788 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E?.E. Kunselman. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Below Roosevelt Dam - A black and white photo of a dam

Below Roosevelt Dam - A black and white photo of a dam

J202111 or J202112 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by McCulloch, Phoenix, Ariz.

Arrowrock Dam, Boise irrigation project

Arrowrock Dam, Boise irrigation project

Bain News Service photograph. No. 3656-14. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

High water, Roosevelt Dam,  Panoramic Photograph

High water, Roosevelt Dam, Panoramic Photograph

J211071 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; James M. McCulloch; February 11, 1916; DLC/PP-1916:45058. Copyright claimant's address: Phoenix, Arizona.

Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico

Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico

Photograph shows view along the top of the Elephant Butte Dam, possibly in final stages of construction, with reservoir on the right and three electrical(?) towers in the background. Photograph from the U.S. R... More

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a waterfall

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a waterfall

Photograph shows view from elevated vantage point of the Roosevelt Dam and spillways. J212036 U.S. Copyright Office. 1102. Copyright 1916 by Kunselman.

Bear River Canal Dam, Utah

Bear River Canal Dam, Utah

Photograph shows several men standing on framework of spillway of the Bear River Dam in Utah. No. 3020.

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 3, North of Lock 3, midway between Upper & Lower Gates, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 3, North of Lock 3, midway...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such, the lock shelte... More

Elephant Butte Dam panoramic view

Elephant Butte Dam panoramic view

Photograph shows view from elevated position of the Elephant Butte Dam with spillway in the foreground and reservoir in the background. J223871 U.S. Copyright Office.

Upstream side of the completed Murray Dam in March 1918 (Huber Papers, WRCA)

Upstream side of the completed Murray Dam in March 1918 (Huber Papers,...

Illustration shows the Murray Dam, an Eastwood multi-arch type dam. Illus. in: Building the ultimate dam : John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the West / Donald C. Jackson. Lawrence, Kansas : Universi... More

Rock Creek Park - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Rock Creek Park - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Canadian scenes. Power plant at dam

Canadian scenes. Power plant at dam

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Devil's Gate - An old black and white photo of a dam

Devil's Gate - An old black and white photo of a dam

Photograph shows view from roadside of dam and overflow spillway. J245335 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Dec. 21, 1920 by The Flag Studio, Pasadena, Calif.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Safe Harbor electric dam

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Safe Harbor electric d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Canadian scenes. Across channel to dam

Canadian scenes. Across channel to dam

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Dam and gates at outlet of Jackson Lake for controlling water for irrigating, near Moran, Wyo.

Dam and gates at outlet of Jackson Lake for controlling water for irri...

Stereograph showing Jackson Lake Dam and spillway on the Snake River near Moran, Wyoming. J298969 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 29551. Copyright by July 9, 1920 by Keystone View Company.

Kerckoff Dam on San Joaquin River, part of power project in the Sierra Nevada Mts., Calif. / photographed, copyrighted and sold by Philip Brigandi, Los Angeles, Cal.

Kerckoff Dam on San Joaquin River, part of power project in the Sierra...

Stereograph showing view from elevated vantage point of the Kerckoff Dam and spillway. J262183 U.S. Copyright Office. Series: The California Missions and the State of California. Irrigation 10. No. (176). Copy... More

Wilson Dam, Tenn. River, May 22, 1926

Wilson Dam, Tenn. River, May 22, 1926

J283785 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; George Lee Bracey; June 28, 1926. No. 17.

Wilson Dam and power house, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, April 11, 1926

Wilson Dam and power house, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, April 11, 1926

J282196 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; O. T. Ericson; April 15, 1926. Photographer's address: Vermillion, SD.

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1699. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Wilson Dam and power house, Muscle Shoals

Wilson Dam and power house, Muscle Shoals

J13754 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; August 7, 1933; DLC/PP-1933:47987. Copyright claimant's address: Detroit.

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1699. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Appleton Locks & Dams, Storage Building at Lock 3, South of Lock 3, near Upper Gate, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Appleton Locks & Dams, Storage Building at Lock 3, South of Lock 3, ne...

Significance: The storage building functions as part of the daily operation of the Appleton Locks and Dams Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-84-J Building/structure dates: 1978 Initial Construction

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 2, North of Lock 2, near Upper Gate, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 2, North of Lock 2, near U...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such, the lock shelte... More

Dams under construction. Cherokee Dam is the latest headwaters dam to be completed. It is a semioutdoors type structure, the covers over the three initial generating units show in the picture behind the railing in front. The office wing of the control building is on the left. The shot is taken between the legs of the gantry crane which is used for installation and removal for repairs of turbines and generators. The cage-like steel contraptions mounted on the spillway piers are the anchorages for the floodgate hinges

Dams under construction. Cherokee Dam is the latest headwaters dam to ...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: E 1055. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dam 5, 106.8 miles above tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dam 5, 106.8 miles above tidewater, Williamsp...

Survey number: HABS MD-789 Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boulder Dam spillway, drum gates, and piers

Boulder Dam spillway, drum gates, and piers

In album: Boulder Dam: a portfolio of photographs prepared for Hon. Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, photographs and format by B.D. Glaha, Boulder City, Nevada, 1934. Published in: Photographic memor... More

Upstream face from below

Upstream face from below

Title from handwritten inventory. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mississippi River dam #15, general view of completed dam, view from top of Clock Tower building

Mississippi River dam #15, general view of completed dam, view from to...

Photograph shows dam across the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa, with railroad bridge across river in the foreground and city skyline in the background.

Boulder dam, between Arizona and Nevada. Workman using compressed air vibrator for compacting concrete adjacent to forms

Boulder dam, between Arizona and Nevada. Workman using compressed air ...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. No. BC2283.

One of the two spillway structures at Boulder Dam

One of the two spillway structures at Boulder Dam

In album: Boulder Dam: a portfolio of photographs prepared for Hon. Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, photographs and format by B.D. Glaha, Boulder City, Nevada, 1934.

The Nevada intake towers at Boulder Dam

The Nevada intake towers at Boulder Dam

In album: Boulder Dam: a portfolio of photographs prepared for Hon. Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, photographs and format by B.D. Glaha, Boulder City, Nevada, 1934.

[Bartlett Dam, on the Verde River, Maricopa County, Arizona, with triple-gated spillway on left side, also a saguaro cactus in center foreground]

[Bartlett Dam, on the Verde River, Maricopa County, Arizona, with trip...

S.S.R.-114. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The dam gets a facial - A man sitting on the side of a road next to a pole

The dam gets a facial - A man sitting on the side of a road next to a ...

Photograph shows a man suspended by ropes "removing spilled concrete, water stains, grout streaks, and other blemishes" on the downstream face of the Friant Dam on the upper San Joaquin River in California. F-... More

[Three construction workers putting a coat of paint on a slanted wall of riveted-steel plates on the Hoover Dam spillway]

[Three construction workers putting a coat of paint on a slanted wall ...

C.B. #6443. #9992-3. Photograph possibly from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

[Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on large casing section of pipe suspended by cable as it is moved into position by a crane, reservoir in the background during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington]

[Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on la...

2541. Photograph from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Projected view of Ross Dam when complete with top of roadway at elevation 1545 ft. and spillway at elevation 1525 ft.]

[Projected view of Ross Dam when complete with top of roadway at eleva...

Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC

Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter Coun...

Entry 2014 HALS Challenge: Documenting Landscapes of the New Deal, Honorable Mention recipient. Significance: Poinsett State Park gains its significance through its association with the Civilian Conservation Co... More

Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, West side of U.S. Highway 189, north of railroad overpass and 2,000 feet southwest of Deer Creek Dam, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT

Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, West side of U.S. Highway 189, no...

Significance: The government camp for Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers was established southwest of the Deer Creek Dam site in 1938 and was disbanded in 1941 with the completion of the dam's constructi... More

[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona]

[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt ...

3158. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of electric power plant, generation, free ... More

Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Construction of Douglas Dam, TVA

Construction of Douglas Dam, TVA

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala

Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current gen...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn

Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construct...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Construction at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn

Construction at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVA's hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bear...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to TVA's...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn

Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Imperial dam, at the All-American canal headgates, Calif., Feb. 1939 - upstream view of the roller gates from the Calif. bank

Imperial dam, at the All-American canal headgates, Calif., Feb. 1939 -...

Photograph shows the roller gates at the Imerial Dam on the All-American canal system in California. No. AAC2911.

Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVA's Chickamauga Dam, near Chattanooga, Tenn

Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVA's Chickamauga Dam, near C...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Transformer at TVA's Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga, Tenn

Transformer at TVA's Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga, Tenn

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffi...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffi...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

The countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas Dam, Tenn

The countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas Dam, Tenn

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tenn. River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chick...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheff...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Above the construction work, the aggregate storage pile which provides crushed stone and sand, Fort Loudon i.e., Loudoun Dam, Tenn

Above the construction work, the aggregate storage pile which provides...

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A carpenter at the TVA's new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet ong, with a 31,600-acre reservoir area extending 43 miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kw. of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kw. in the average year

A carpenter at the TVA's new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Te...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Shasta dam under construction, California

Shasta dam under construction, California

11671-31. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Gas welding a joint in a line of spiral pipe at the TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600-acre reservoir area extending 43 miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kw. of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kw. in the average year

Gas welding a joint in a line of spiral pipe at the TVA's new Douglas ...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Crane operator at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

Crane operator at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Shasta dam under construction, California

Shasta dam under construction, California

11671-31. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Tightening a nut on a guide vane operating seromotor in TVA's hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tightening a nut on a guide vane operating seromotor in TVA's hydroele...

12002-36. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

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