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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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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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Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2675.
Title and other information from caption sheet entry.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
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01/01/1933
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rhea county
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