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Arrowrock Dam, [Idaho] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Arrowrock Dam, [Idaho] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Roosevelt Dam, [Arizona] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Roosevelt Dam, [Arizona] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona]

[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt ...

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Shasta dam under construction, California

Shasta dam under construction, California

11671-31. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Roosevelt Dam showing small amount of impounded water because of extended drought. This is the main source of water for irrigation in the Salt River Valley. Gila County, Arizona

Roosevelt Dam showing small amount of impounded water because of exten...

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Boulder Dam. Nevada - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Boulder Dam. Nevada - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Norris Dam, Tennessee - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Norris Dam, Tennessee - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Friant Dam, Central Valley Reclamation Project, Calif. Panoramic view of downstream face of dam showing structure complete except for drum gates and control valves and miscellaneous installations

Friant Dam, Central Valley Reclamation Project, Calif. Panoramic view ...

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Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spillway

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spillway

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Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction

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Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Penstocks, pipes which carry water to hydroelectric plant

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Penstocks, pipes which carry wa...

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View of the Cheesman Dam from its vast reservoir in Jefferson County, Colorado. Cheesman is one of the dams that slows and captures water from the South Platte River for use as part of Denver's drinking-water supply. Cheesman Dam, which was named for Walter Scott Cheesman, a Denver druggist, railroad builder, and designer of water infrastructure, was the world's tallest at 221 feet when it was completed in 1905

View of the Cheesman Dam from its vast reservoir in Jefferson County, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Cheesman was the first reservoir of Denver's mountain storage facilities that helped expand Denver Water's system. Built by immigrant ... More

Water cascades down venerable Cheesman Dam in Jefferson County, Colorado. Cheesman is one of the dams that slows and captures water from the South Platte River for use as part of Denver's drinking-water supply. Cheesman Dam, which was named for Walter Scott Cheesman, a Denver druggist, railroad builder, and designer of water infrastructure, was the world's tallest at 221 feet when it was completed in 1905

Water cascades down venerable Cheesman Dam in Jefferson County, Colora...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The reservoir the dam created was the first in Denver's mountain storage facilities that helped expand Denver Water's system. Built by... More

Guntersville Dam on the Tennessee River, Guntersville, Alabama

Guntersville Dam on the Tennessee River, Guntersville, Alabama

Guntersville was founded by German immigrant John Gunter (the great-grandfather of American humorist Will Rogers). It is located at the southernmost point of the Tennessee River on Lake Guntersville, formed by ... More

Bloede Dam, Spanning Patapsco River, Avalon, Baltimore County, MD

Bloede Dam, Spanning Patapsco River, Avalon, Baltimore County, MD

Significance: In 1907, the Patapsco Electric and Manufacturing Company contracted Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company to build the Bloede Dam using Nils F. Ambursen's patent. The proposed dam would generate... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark C...

Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed betwee... More

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark C...

Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed betwee... More

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania County, WA

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania Count...

Significance: The dam and fish ladder were constructed by the CCC, Company 944 in 1935-36. The structure, a concrete arch dam, is believed to be one of the largest power generation plants constructed solely by ... More

Butt Valley Dam, Butt Valley Reservoir Road, Caribou, Plumas County, CA

Butt Valley Dam, Butt Valley Reservoir Road, Caribou, Plumas County, C...

Significance: Butt Valley Dam was constructed during the development of North Fork Feather River hydroelectric power and was part of the overall system. The existing dam consists of the 1921 rock fill dam and ... More

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam Powerplant Complex, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam Powerplant Complex, Grand Cou...

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Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15, 3 miles South of Selinsgrove, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...

Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15, 3 miles South of Selinsgrove, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...

Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 1, End of Holter Dam Road, Wolf Creek, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 1, End of Holter Dam Road, Wo...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant as one of the most intact hydroelectric generating plants and operators' camps on the Missouri-Madison Project. House No. 1 contr... More

Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Substation, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon River, Croton, Newaygo County, MI

Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Substation, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon Ri...

Significance: The Croton Hydroelectric Plant substation was constructed in 1930-31 to replace the original switching equipment and transformers built in 1908 and located inside of the original powerhouse. This... More

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Hoover Dam, Cable Hoist House, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Cable Hoist House, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark Co...

Significance: It provided access to control cable tunnels from the power plant to the switchyard relay house, and a transformer in the lower level of the hoist house provided operating electricity to the switch... More

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Bureau of Power & Light Lines 1-3, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Bureau of Power & Light Lines 1-3, U.S. Highwa...

Significance: The transmission lines included pioneering technology in high-voltage transmission. The lines were crucial elements of the Hoover Dam electrical complex, particularly in the role played by Hoover ... More

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Bureau of Power & Light Lines 1-3, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Bureau of Power & Light Lines 1-3, U.S. Highwa...

Significance: The transmission lines included pioneering technology in high-voltage transmission. The lines were crucial elements of the Hoover Dam electrical complex, particularly in the role played by Hoover ... More

Hauser Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, East Bank of Missouri River along Hauser Dam Road, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Hauser Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, East Bank of Missouri River...

Significance: The Hauser Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana in the early twentieth century and the consolidation of most of th... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Fox River at Canal Street, Kaukauna, Outagamie County, WI

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Fox River at Canal Street, Kaukauna, Outagamie Co...

Significance: The Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex provides passage around drop in elevation of 50 feet in the Lower Fox River at Kaukauna. The complex served as an integral part of the Lower Fox River Waterway ... More

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Warrior Ridge Dam, Spanning Frankstown Branch of Juniata River, Petersburg, Huntingdon County, PA

Warrior Ridge Dam, Spanning Frankstown Branch of Juniata River, Peters...

Significance: The Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company, a major dam builder in the United States in the early twentieth century, designed and built the dam. As one of the earliest examples of a covered vers... More

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 2, End of Holter Dam Road, Wolf Creek, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 2, End of Holter Dam Road, Wo...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant as one of the most intact hydroelectric generating plants and operators' camps on the Missouri-Madison Project. House No. 2 contr... More

Long Lake Hydroelectric Plant, Spillway Dam, Spanning Spokane River, Ford, Stevens County, WA

Long Lake Hydroelectric Plant, Spillway Dam, Spanning Spokane River, F...

Significance: The Long Lake hydroelectric facility is significant as one of the earliest and, for many years, largest hydroelectric generating facilities in The Washington Water Power Company's electrical power... More

Long Lake Hydroelectric Plant, Spillway Dam, Spanning Spokane River, Ford, Stevens County, WA

Long Lake Hydroelectric Plant, Spillway Dam, Spanning Spokane River, F...

Significance: The Long Lake hydroelectric facility is significant as one of the earliest and, for many years, largest hydroelectric generating facilities in The Washington Water Power Company's electrical power... More

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Station, Dam & Headworks, On west bank of West Canada Creek, along Trenton Falls Road, 2 miles north of New York Route 28, Trenton Falls, Oneida County, NY

Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Station, Dam & Headworks, On west bank of ...

Significance: Strongly influenced by the earliest Niagara hydroelectric project, the 1901 Trenton Falls Station was installed in a spectacular gorge and was probably the highest-head contemporary plant in the e... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Lake Whitney Dam, East side of Whitney Avenue near intersection with Armory Street, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Lake Whitney Dam, East side of Wh...

Significance: The site offers an interesting view of water power history and development. A dam existed at a nearby site as early as 1798 and provided water to power a grist mill. The dam has undergone severa... More

Victoria Dam, West branch of Ontonagon River, 4.5 miles southwest of Rockland, Rockland, Ontonagon County, MI

Victoria Dam, West branch of Ontonagon River, 4.5 miles southwest of R...

Significance: The reinforced-concrete, multiple-arch buttressed dam was never a very common type in the United States, and it was particularly uncommon in the eastern half of the country. Very few dams of this ... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Cooke Hydroelectric Plant, Cook Dam Road at Au Sable River, Oscoda, Iosco County, MI

Cooke Hydroelectric Plant, Cook Dam Road at Au Sable River, Oscoda, Io...

Significance: It was the beginning of an interconnected power system throughout that state's Lower Peninsula. When Cooke went on line in 1912, the plant produced electrical energy that was used 125 miles to the... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 2, Lake Sabrina Dam, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 2, Lake Sabrina Dam, Bishop C...

Significance: It is significant because of its role in the early engineering concept and construction of the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. The dam is essentially unchanged from its date of construction, wi... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 2, Lake Sabrina Dam, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 2, Lake Sabrina Dam, Bishop C...

Significance: It is significant because of its role in the early engineering concept and construction of the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. The dam is essentially unchanged from its date of construction, wi... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee County, IA

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee County, IA

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee County, IA

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee County, IA

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee County, IA

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee County, IA

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake,...

The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Significance: At the time of construction, Grand Coulee Dam was the most massive structure ever built: construct... More

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake,...

The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Significance: At the time of construction, Grand Coulee Dam was the most massive structure ever built: construct... More

Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County...

Significance: Transformer Circuits are integral elements of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. The circuits contributed to the importance of Hoover Dam power in the WWII and post-war ... More

Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County...

Significance: Transformer Circuits are integral elements of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. The circuits contributed to the importance of Hoover Dam power in the WWII and post-war ... More

Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County...

Significance: Transformer Circuits are integral elements of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. The circuits contributed to the importance of Hoover Dam power in the WWII and post-war ... More

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Por...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N465 Survey number: HAER WA-130-A

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Por...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N465 Survey number: HAER WA-130-A

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Por...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N465 Survey number: HAER WA-130-A

Prado Dam, Spillway, Santa Ana River near junction of State Highways 71 & 91, Corona, Riverside County, CA

Prado Dam, Spillway, Santa Ana River near junction of State Highways 7...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minneiska, Winona County, MN

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minn...

Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More

Hume Lake Dam, Sequioa National Forest, Hume, Fresno County, CA

Hume Lake Dam, Sequioa National Forest, Hume, Fresno County, CA

Significance: Hume Lake Dam was the world's first reinforced a concrete multiple arch dam. Built to impound reservoir for the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company, today it is the only major surviving structure represe... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Mountain Dell Dam, Parley's Canyon, Northwest side of I-80, West of State Route 39, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Mountain Dell Dam, Parley's Canyon, Northwest side of I-80, West of St...

Significance: Mountain Dell Dam is an early application of multiple-arch reinforced-concrete construction to dam engineering. The design developed by John S. Eastwood consisted of a series of arches set at an a... More

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N466 Survey number: HAER WA-130-B

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