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Turbines, Lake Superior Power Co. Plant, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

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Testing large turbines, Westinghouse Co. works /

On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tightening various parts with wrenches. On the right side, a few More

Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse Co. works /

A turbine is shown operating. Two men walk up to it, check the running of various parts on it, and write their findings down on paper. A third man is seen walking through a few times, once stopping to look at o More

Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Turbine hall, seven turbines in line I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Turbine hall, seven turbines in line II

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Wide shot of three 50,000 kilowatt turbines from crane, Buzzard Point plant

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Three 50,000 kilowatt turbines from crane, Buzzard Point plant

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, power plant, electric generator, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Norris generator hall. Turbines are enclosed in and below round concrete housings, generators are contained in steel upper portion. In peacetime visitors are admitted to balcony shown at left to inspect control room and are then taken to generator floor. Roof trusses are considered unattractive; later projects are framed with rigid steel arches

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Opening ceremony of the P.E.C. [i.e., Palestine Electric Corporation] Jordan plant. H.H.Emir Abdullah starting turbines

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. Norris generator hall. Turbines are enclosed in and below round concrete housings, generators are contained in steel upper portion. In peacetime visitors are admitted to balcony shown at left to inspect control room and are then taken to generator floor. Roof trusses are considered unattractive; later projects are framed with rigid steel arches

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Watts Bar steam plant. General view of the plant still under construction. When finished, four turbines will generate 240,000 kva. Tall portion houses boilers, bunkers, and conveyor in a simple brick cube, ninety-odd feet tall, above ground and several stories below. Lower portion at right is turbine hall with glass brick upper part and corrugated transite spandrel above. Wing in front houses machine shop on first floor, offices on second. Main entrance is marked by large glazed opening with flagpole next to it, windowless portion to left of ot contains employee lockers and toilets

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Penstock pipe which will be used to carry water from reservoir formed by Shasta Dam to hydroelectric turbines. Shasta County, California

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

Segments of penstock pipe which will be used to conduct water from the reservoir formed by Shasta Dam to the hydroelectric turbines. Shasta County, California

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Segments of penstock pipe which will be used to transport water from reservoir formed by Shasta Dam to hydroelectric turbines. Notice the worker on top pipe; he is welding segments together. Shasta County, California

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Gears to grind the Axis. Gears to grind the Axis off the earth. Transmitting power from high speed turbines to propeller shafts, these massive wheels will soon be turning over miles of ocean as America's fighting forces cross the seas to bring the offensive to the Axis's door

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

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 availabl More

La Goulette, Tunis. One of the turbines which supplies electric power to al the Tunis area. This is the only one of the turbines running; the others which were wrecked are being rebuilt

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Long Island Light and Power Co., Mineola, Long Island, View over turbines

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Carol M. Highsmith - Wind turbines at sunset, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. More

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building No. C-4, 35-39 Grand Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

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Wind turbines above San Gorgonio Pass, known as Banning Pass, in Riverside County, California

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Wind turbines in the mountains above Banning Pass in the desert of Riverside County, California

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Wind turbines, rural Missouri - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010 More

Wind turbines in the California desert

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

Wind Turbines in the Mojave Desert in Southern California

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Wind turbines in Shackelford County, Texas, northeast of Abilene

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P More