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Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. A sledge hammer in the hands of a husky ironworker 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. A sledg...

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Las Vegas, Nevada. Transmission towers and transformers redistributing power from Boulder Dam to Basic Magnesium Incorporated, which produces huge quantities of the lightest of all metals for aircraft and other wartime manufacturing

Las Vegas, Nevada. Transmission towers and transformers redistributing...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Planes spread insecticide to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Planes spread ...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion steamer Gordon C. Green of Cincinnati approaching Wilson Dam, Alabama

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion stea...

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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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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys weeding loblolly pine seedlings at TVA  nursery. Since 1934, eighty million trees have been planted for soil conservation and flood control in the Tennessee Valley

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

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A full dipper load of rock and dirt from early excavations 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. A full dipper...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Excavating within the cofferdam of 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. Excavating wi...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A power shovel passes a full dipper load of dirt and rock to a waiting dump truck 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. A power shove...

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

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

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

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

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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen winching up the boom on Long Pond; during the night the wind has blown the logs in the boom up pond away from the dam through which they must be sluiced

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

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Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington. Ruby Warren, employee of the United States Army corps of engineers, looking down the bridge over Bonneville fishway into the counting station. She is one of four women employed as a fish recorder by the engineers

Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington. Ruby Warren, employee of the Un...

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Lehigh Canal, Slate Dam, Lehigh Canal opposite Laury's Station in Allen Township, Treichlers, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Canal, Slate Dam, Lehigh Canal opposite Laury's Station in Alle...

Significance: Originally built in 1829, the dam has been several times rebuilt, most recently in 1902 after it was carried away in the great flood of 1902 on February 28th of that year. In 1955 the dam was bre... More

Lehigh Canal, Hokendauqua Dam, Lehigh River 300 feet north of Hokendauqua-North Catasauqua Bridge, North Catasauqua, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Canal, Hokendauqua Dam, Lehigh River 300 feet north of Hokendau...

Significance: 416 foot stone and timber crib dam with an effective height of 6.9 feet, impounding a slackwater pool 2000 yards upstream to the outlet lock of Section Five. Originally built in 1829, the dam has... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Garage at Lock 2, Approximately 10 feet East of Lockkeeper's Residence, Little Chute, Outagamie County, WI

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Garage at Lock 2, Approximately 10 feet East ...

Significance: The garage served as part of the lockkeeper's residence complex. Survey number: HAER WI-88-C Building/structure dates: 1981 Initial Construction

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

Cooke Hydroelectric Plant, Shed, Cook Dam Road at Au Sable River, Osco...

Significance: It exemplifies the type of temporary building seen throughout the construction camp that was maintained during the erection of the Cooke Hydroelectric Plant in northeastern Michigan. When Cooke we... More

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Service Buildings, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Service Buildings, Deer River, Itas...

Survey number: HAER MN-65-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Grant Lake Dam, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Grant Lake Dam, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,...

Survey number: HAER CA-298-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Opening Canvas Dam. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Opening Canvas Dam. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

People in photograph: Acorda, Dennis Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Projec... More

Keechelus Dam, Bridge, Yakim River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Keechelus Dam, Bridge, Yakim River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, East...

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area, formed when Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) was built, Boulder City, Nevada

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, formed when Boulder Dam (now Hoove...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Remains of Avalon Dam after flood of October, 1904

Remains of Avalon Dam after flood of October, 1904

Illustration shows a gaping hole in earthen dam through which the Pecos River flows. Illus. in: Water in New Mexico : a history of its management and use / Ira G. Clark. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico ... More

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

Boats at a marina at the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway, Pickensville, Alabama

Boats at a marina at the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tomb...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... 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

Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Utica, La Salle County, IL

Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...

Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 320, Along Lower Souris River, Kramer, Bottineau County, ND

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 320, Along Lower Souris ...

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Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Maricopa County, AZ

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...

Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mississipi River (Arsenal Island), Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mississipi River (Arsenal Island), Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mississipi River (Arsenal Island), Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee River, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS

Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee Rive...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MS-209

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...

Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Ashurst-Hayden Dam, Gila River, T4S R11E S7, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Ashurst-Hayden Dam, Gila River, T4S R11...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-A Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Intersta...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-F Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Intersta...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-F Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Kachess Dam, Dike Closing 1913 Spillway, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Dike Closing 1913 Spillway, Kachess River, 1.5 miles nort...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kachess Dam, Dike Closing 1913 Spillway, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Dike Closing 1913 Spillway, Kachess River, 1.5 miles nort...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Tieton Dam, Construction Camp Warehouse-Shop, South & East side of State Highway 12, Naches, Yakima County, WA

Tieton Dam, Construction Camp Warehouse-Shop, South & East side of Sta...

Survey number: HAER WA-20-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tieton Dam, Construction Camp Warehouse-Shop, South & East side of State Highway 12, Naches, Yakima County, WA

Tieton Dam, Construction Camp Warehouse-Shop, South & East side of Sta...

Survey number: HAER WA-20-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salmon Creek Diversion Dam, Salmon Creek, Okanogan, Okanogan County, WA

Salmon Creek Diversion Dam, Salmon Creek, Okanogan, Okanogan County, W...

Survey number: HAER WA-68 Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1999 Subsequent Work

Salmon Creek Diversion Dam, Salmon Creek, Okanogan, Okanogan County, WA

Salmon Creek Diversion Dam, Salmon Creek, Okanogan, Okanogan County, W...

Survey number: HAER WA-68 Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1999 Subsequent Work

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joliet, Will County, IL

Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joli...

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Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joliet, Will County, IL

Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joli...

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Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joliet, Will County, IL

Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joli...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Tallulah Falls Dam, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/State Route 15, Tallulah Falls, Habersham County, GA

Tallulah Falls Dam, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/S...

Survey number: HAER GA-152 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Gull Lake Reservoir Dam, Dam Tender's Residence, Lake Shore, Cass County, MN

Gull Lake Reservoir Dam, Dam Tender's Residence, Lake Shore, Cass Coun...

Significance: The Gull Lake Dam Tender's House is one of two remaining original dam tender's dwellings at the Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites. Until recently, when the Corps of Engineers decided it was ... More

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Significance: The Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the... More

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Significance: The Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the... More

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam, Deer River, Itasca County, MN

Significance: The Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the... 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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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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Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Greene County, PA

Monongahela River Lock & Dam No. 7, River Mile No. 85, Greensboro, Gre...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-300, Port Perry Bridge; HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela River Public Impr... More

Upper Doughty Dam, 200 feet west of Garden State Parkway, 1.7 miles west of Absecon, Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, NJ

Upper Doughty Dam, 200 feet west of Garden State Parkway, 1.7 miles we...

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Upper Doughty Dam, 200 feet west of Garden State Parkway, 1.7 miles west of Absecon, Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, NJ

Upper Doughty Dam, 200 feet west of Garden State Parkway, 1.7 miles we...

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Pine River Reservoir Dam, Cross Lake, Crow Wing County, MN

Pine River Reservoir Dam, Cross Lake, Crow Wing County, MN

Significance: The Pine River Dam is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoirs dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the Ojibway Indians, ... More

Cache Creek Bridge, Spanning Cache Creek, Dam Road vicinity, Clearlake, Lake County, CA

Cache Creek Bridge, Spanning Cache Creek, Dam Road vicinity, Clearlake...

Significance: The Cache Creek Bridge is one of two known remaining examples of Clinton bridges in California. It is also the last remaining through truss highway bridge in Lake County. It represents a type (P... More

Cache Creek Bridge, Spanning Cache Creek, Dam Road vicinity, Clearlake, Lake County, CA

Cache Creek Bridge, Spanning Cache Creek, Dam Road vicinity, Clearlake...

Significance: The Cache Creek Bridge is one of two known remaining examples of Clinton bridges in California. It is also the last remaining through truss highway bridge in Lake County. It represents a type (P... More

Lake Roland Dam, Gatehouse, Spanning outlet of Lake Roland near Woodbridge Road, Towson, Baltimore County, MD

Lake Roland Dam, Gatehouse, Spanning outlet of Lake Roland near Woodbr...

Significance: The Lake Roland Water Supply Project was the first attempt by the City of Baltimore to establish a city-wide water supply system. The dam, spillway and gatehouse are the surviving elements of the... 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

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

Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kit...

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Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kit...

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Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kit...

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Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kit...

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