Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Pneumatic winch operator at TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forthy-three 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 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system and in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
douglas dam
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain