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Tennessee Valley Authority: railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. The "tallow pot," or fireman, of a freight locomotive carrying materials for the building of the TVA Watts Bar Dam shovels from 16,000 to 20,000 pounds of coal in an eight hour day, in addition to performing other duties around the engine and tender

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Tennessee Valley Authority: railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. The "tallow pot," or fireman, of a freight locomotive carrying materials for the building of the TVA Watts Bar Dam shovels from 16,000 to 20,000 pounds of coal in an eight hour day, in addition to performing other duties around the engine and tender

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1942

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Contributors

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Chattanooga (Tenn.), 35.04556, -85.30972

Google Map of 35.04555555555555, -85.30972222222222

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Library of Congress

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