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[Canal dam, Lexington, Virginia]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Canal dam, Lexington, Virginia]. 19th century, Library of Congress co...

Original glass plate negative from Miley's Gallery, Lexington, VA. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]

[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]

Clara Barton Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Floodgates at dam facility] - Color separation negative, public domain

[Floodgates at dam facility] - Color separation negative, public domai...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old mill dam on the Wessahickon [sic], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Old mill dam on the Wessahickon [sic], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with water, building, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Postcard shows dam, generating plant and a paper mill in Beloit, Wisconsin. H 116539 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hamilton Bros., Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Franklin Canal, El Paso: Completing reconstruction of settling basin and concrete lining. Mexican dam is seen across river

Franklin Canal, El Paso: Completing reconstruction of settling basin a...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High water, Roosevelt Dam, Panoramic Photograph

High water, Roosevelt Dam, Panoramic Photograph

J211071 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; James M. McCulloch; February 11, 1916; DLC/PP-1916:45058. Copyright claimant's address: Phoenix, Arizona.

Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico

Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico

Photograph shows view along the top of the Elephant Butte Dam, possibly in final stages of construction, with reservoir on the right and three electrical(?) towers in the background. Photograph from the U.S. R... More

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a waterfall

Roosevelt Dam, Ariz. - A black and white photo of a waterfall

Photograph shows view from elevated vantage point of the Roosevelt Dam and spillways. J212036 U.S. Copyright Office. 1102. Copyright 1916 by Kunselman.

Elephant Butte Dam panoramic view

Elephant Butte Dam panoramic view

Photograph shows view from elevated position of the Elephant Butte Dam with spillway in the foreground and reservoir in the background. J223871 U.S. Copyright Office.

Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Waterfall over rock dam in wooded area

Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Waterfall over rock da...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kerckoff Dam on San Joaquin River, part of power project in the Sierra Nevada Mts., Calif. / photographed, copyrighted and sold by Philip Brigandi, Los Angeles, Cal.

Kerckoff Dam on San Joaquin River, part of power project in the Sierra...

Stereograph showing view from elevated vantage point of the Kerckoff Dam and spillway. J262183 U.S. Copyright Office. Series: The California Missions and the State of California. Irrigation 10. No. (176). Copy... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dam 5, 106.8 miles above tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dam 5, 106.8 miles above tidewater, Williamsp...

Survey number: HABS MD-789 Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boulder Dam, (i.e. Hoover Dam) between Arizona and Nevada. Placing concrete in the sidewall of the Nevada spillway. A 2 cubic yard bottom-dump bucket is being handled by crane. Note the manner in which the panels are staggered

Boulder Dam, (i.e. Hoover Dam) between Arizona and Nevada. Placing con...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bonneville Dam, Aug. 25, 1934, 11:14 A.M.

Bonneville Dam, Aug. 25, 1934, 11:14 A.M.

Purchase; Harold M. Brown; October 5, 1987; (DLC/PP-1987:358). Stamped on verso: "Harold M. Brown, photos; logging, lumbering & marine." In pencil under stamp: "Route 1, Box 369, Vancouver, Wash." No. 2746.

[Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on large casing section of pipe suspended by cable as it is moved into position by a crane, reservoir in the background during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington]

[Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on la...

2541. Photograph from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of stock water dam. Dawes County, Nebraska

Construction of stock water dam. Dawes County, Nebraska

Public domain photograph of Redwood National Park, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dam at Trap Pond. Delaware land use project

Dam at Trap Pond. Delaware land use project

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Coulee Dam during construction in 1937

Grand Coulee Dam during construction in 1937

Illus. in: The Bureau of Reclamation : Origins and Growth to 1945, v. 1 / William D. Rowley. Denver, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, 2006, p. 338 (6.31).

The countryside near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam site, Douglas Dam vicinity, Tenn.

The countryside near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam site, Douglas ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn.

Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brush dam at Quarter Circle U Ranch, on Tongue River, Montana

Brush dam at Quarter Circle U Ranch, on Tongue River, Montana

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lock and dam no. 5 looking downstream on the upper Mississippi River

Lock and dam no. 5 looking downstream on the upper Mississippi River

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry ...

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

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A group of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FSA photo...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a large bulldozer. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a large bulldozer. Great Depression FFSA / ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction work, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Construction work, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some of the construction work immediately below Shasta Dam, on the Sacramento River. Shasta County, California

Some of the construction work immediately below Shasta Dam, on the Sac...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephone communication is maintained between all construction points at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Telephone communication is maintained between all construction points ...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction workers on truck which will carry them to work on Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Construction workers on truck which will carry them to work on Shasta ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Restaurant and beer hall. Summit City, California, boom town near Shasta Dam

Restaurant and beer hall. Summit City, California, boom town near Shas...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Construction work on Pit River Bridge, Shasta County, California. This bridge will be necessary after the Shasta Dam is completed. The backed up water will cover the lower lands

Construction work on Pit River Bridge, Shasta County, California. This...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Worker. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Worker. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Workmen. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Workmen. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workmen handling section of rubber conveyor belt which transports gravel to Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Workmen handling section of rubber conveyor belt which transports grav...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dump truck which carries materials for use in construction of Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. This truck uses butane instead of gasoline because of the extra power butane gives

Dump truck which carries materials for use in construction of Shasta D...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people in the water. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people in the water. Office of W...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Pipe used in construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Pipe used in construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Putting concrete on Pit River Bridge which is above Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Putting concrete on Pit River Bridge which is above Shasta Dam, Shasta...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Segments of penstock pipe which will be used to transport water from reservoir formed by Shasta Dam to hydroelectric turbines. Notice the worker on top pipe; he is welding segments together. Shasta County, California

Segments of penstock pipe which will be used to transport water from r...

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

Hired help building a dam for a reservoir to water cattle and livestock on Tom Reed farm. Lexington, Nebraska

Hired help building a dam for a reservoir to water cattle and livestoc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gravel on long rubber conveyor belt at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Gravel on long rubber conveyor belt at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, Cali...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bringing in the coffee, commissary at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Bringing in the coffee, commissary at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, Calif...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gravel on belt conveyor. Shasta Dam, Shasta, California

Gravel on belt conveyor. Shasta Dam, Shasta, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man on a phone. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a phone. Office of War Information...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Operator of cable equipment. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Operator of cable equipment. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Worker who measures material going into concrete. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Worker who measures material going into concrete. Shasta Dam, Shasta C...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boat going through navigation locks at Bonneville Dam, Oregon

Boat going through navigation locks at Bonneville Dam, Oregon

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boat and gasoline barge in navigation locks. Bonneville Dam, Oregon

Boat and gasoline barge in navigation locks. Bonneville Dam, Oregon

Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workmen. Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Workmen. Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction at night

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Engineers discuss blueprints

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Engineers disc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workman

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workman

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Drilling a blast hole and loading out rock in the quarry 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 forty-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 Tennessee Valley Authority system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Drilling a bl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Engineers give lines and grades for setting base plates at TVA's Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installations at Watts Bar Dam, which has an authorized output of 90,000 kilowatts, and a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. Each of the four big turbo-generators in the steam plant is rated at 60,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Enginee...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. One side of the dam under construction

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. One side of the dam under const...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. Workers crossing the dam

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. Workers crossing...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Testing insecticide for malaria-carrying mosquito at malaria control laboratory

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Testing insect...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Lowering a sump into bottom of the dam

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Lowering a sump into bottom of ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Steam plant

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Steam plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. A long line of completed generators extends back the full length of the room. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new ad...

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

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Transformers

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Transformers

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Bulldozer

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Bulldozer

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. A combination of long mechanical experience, practical railroad training and common sense is required for the job of running one of the big "hogs," or locomotives. This engineer handles a train which hauls materials for the building of TVA's Watts Bar Dam

Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. A combina...

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.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Workmen busy on draft forms at the 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 forty-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 in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Workmen busy ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Newly installed generator units at work in a recent addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Newly installed generator units at work in...

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

A black and white photo of a dam. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a dam. Office of War Information Photograph

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gantry crane

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gantry crane

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys weeding seedlings at TVA nursery

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conse...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Tapping the slag at a phosphorus furnace at a chemical plant

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Tapping the sl...

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workers at the timekeeper's office

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workers at t...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Dumping concrete in construction of dam

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Dumping concrete in constructio...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Pipe-fitter

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Pipe-fitter

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.

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam

Photograph shows construction on the turbine pit at the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. No. 10889-3.

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. Lock

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. Lock

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Change of shift

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Change of sh...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Dump truck

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Dump truck

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Transmission towers

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Transmission ...

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

Norris Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Fishing at base of Norris Dam

Norris Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Fishing at b...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Excavating within the cofferdam 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 forty-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 in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Excavating wi...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Making forms of the generating plant 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 forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,00 acre feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Making forms ...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Loading out rock for crushing into aggregate for concrete work at the 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 forty-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 Tennessee Valley Authority system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Loading out r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A carpenter at the 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 forty-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 in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A carpenter a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Switchyard

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Switchy...

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of nine dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, and was completed in 1940. The dam is named af... More

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Derricks

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workman

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. The dam under construction

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. The dam under construction

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Field engineers at TVA's Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installation at Watts Bar Dam, which has an authorized output of 90,000 kilowatts, and a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. Each of the four big turbo-generators in the steam plant is rated at 60,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Field e...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Operator of steam shovel used for excavation work at the dam

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Operator of steam shovel used f...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Pulpwood accumulated in the Kennebago River waiting to be sluiced through the power dam

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. P...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stator frame of the 30,000 kilowatt generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA). It is lined with thousands of armature coils, and over 100,000 sheets of laminated iron which serve to conduct the electricity. The stator frame is part of the generator inside of which revolves the rotor or revolving part. The whole frame weighs 425,000 pounds and is shipped in four quarter sections. A worker measures the resistance of the windings. The frame measures 378 inches in diameter

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stator frame of the 30,000 kilowatt genera...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Turbulent waters of a small brook swelled by a "head," water released from a dam upstream to carry the logs down to larger streams and rivers

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Manuel Ramiriz and members of his family in front of their home in Texas will be relocated as a result of the joint U.S.-Mexico Falcon Dam construction project on the Rio Grande River]

[Manuel Ramiriz and members of his family in front of their home in Te...

Title devised by Library staff from accompanying caption. Possibly International Boundary and Water Commission photograph from U.S.I.A. 52-2323P.

Milltown Dam, Center House, Clark Fork River, 6 miles upstream from Missoula, Milltown, Missoula County, MT

Milltown Dam, Center House, Clark Fork River, 6 miles upstream from Mi...

Survey number: HAER MT-43-D Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Gull Lake Reservoir Dam, Service Buildings, Lake Shore, Cass County, MN

Gull Lake Reservoir Dam, Service Buildings, Lake Shore, Cass County, M...

Survey number: HAER MN-70-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Storage Building at Lock 2, On Southern Embankment, midway between Upper & Lower Gates, Little Chute, Outagamie County, WI

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Storage Building at Lock 2, On Southern Emban...

Significance: The storage building functions as part of the daily operation of the Little Chute Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-88-D Building/structure dates: 1981 Initial Construction

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