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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant

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Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942
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Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
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No known restrictions. 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

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Knox County, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Edie Butter, farmboy

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Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Hooks of 250 ton crane

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Lock

Alexandria Housing Authority, Cameron Virginialley Housing, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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Houses for Britain. Partially assembled pre-fabricated temporary emergency house of the type which United States will ship to Great Britain under lend-lease. War Production Board has allotted materials to the FEA for the production of 30,000 of these family dwellings. Designed for a minimum use of critical materials, including lumber. Procurement of the buildings will be undertaken by the Federal Public Housing Authority

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Trailers for housing defense workers

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Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Riveter

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