Tennessee Valley Authority. A cover plate and exciter housing of a new generator unit in place at TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Completed units show in the background. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
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
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 617.
Tags
alabama
lauderdale county
wilson dam
safety film negatives
lot 1851
alfred t palmer
united states office of war information
photo
dam
kilowatts
tennessee valley authority
tennessee river
tennesse river system
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
river system
industrial history
hydroelectric power plants
power generator
power plants
machinery
power equipment
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
alabama
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain