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Fort Knox. Power line construction. This husky member of a construction crew, building a new 33,000 volt electric power line into Fort Knox, Kentucky, is performing an important war service. Thousands of soldiers are in training at Fort Knox, and the new line from a hydroelectric plant at Louisville is needed to supplement the existing power supply

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Fort Knox. Power line construction. This husky member of a construction crew, building a new 33,000 volt electric power line into Fort Knox, Kentucky, is performing an important war service. Thousands of soldiers are in training at Fort Knox, and the new line from a hydroelectric plant at Louisville is needed to supplement the existing power supply

Fort Knox. Power line construction. This husky member of a construction crew, building a new 33,000 volt electric power line into Fort Knox, Kentucky, is performing an important war service. Thousands of soldiers are in training at Fort Knox, and the new line from a hydroelectric plant at Louisville is needed to supplement the existing power supply

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Fort Knox, 37.89113, -85.96363

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