Dam at Adams Bag Co., Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Photograph shows water cascading over spillway of dam in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, with stone buildings of the Adams Bag Co. in the background. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).
[Dam and railroad trestle, Ann Arbor, Mich.]
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Mill on the Niobrara River, Johnstown, Brown County, Nebraska.
summary: Note: a sign on mill reads, "Home Flour". original size: 6x8
Wachusett Dam - boulders in the excavation, Feb. 12, 1901
Construction of the Clinton-Wachusett sewage and water supply system, Massachusetts.
Westminster High Bridge, Bellows Falls, Vt.
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Gatun Dam and south lake entrance to locks
"10" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073307. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Water from Gatun Lake, passing Cucaracha slide
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Drawing of the downstream side of Eastwood's proposed Big Meadows Dam,...
Illustration shows an artist's rendering of Eastwood's multi-arched type dam with reservoir. Illus. in: Building the ultimate dam : John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the West / Donald C. Jackson. La... More
Drawings of Eastwood's Big Bear Valley Dam, including a plan, an eleva...
Illus. in: Building the ultimate dam : John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the West / Donald C. Jackson. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c1995, p. 101.
Olmos Dam. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows the long arched face of the Olmos Dam, constructed to retain flood waters from the San Antonio River. Illus. in: San Antonio. San Antonio, Texas : NIC TENGG, [1928], p. 11.
Appleton Locks & Dams, Storage Building at Lock 3, South of Lock 3, ne...
Significance: The storage building functions as part of the daily operation of the Appleton Locks and Dams Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-84-J Building/structure dates: 1978 Initial Construction
Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Panorama in thre...
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[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt ...
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Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVA's Chickamauga Dam, near C...
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Central tower from which cable buckets carry materials used in the con...
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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
Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVA's Chickamauga Dam, near C...
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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 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
Opening Canvas Dam. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
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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
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, ...
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, 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 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
Aerial view of a portion the water and surroundings of Lake Mead, crea...
The dam harnessed the Colorado River to create the widespread reservoir in the early 1930s. Lake Mead became the locus of a widespread national recreation area, popular with boaters and fishers. Title, date and... More
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
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kovzhskai︠a︡ plotina. Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the Mariinskii Canal and river system, Russia... More
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, 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 ...
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Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, H...
Significance: Heber Light and Power Plant is representative of the large number of modest hydroelectric stations built during the first two decades of the twentieth century as a result of the growing demand for... More
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Pot Lake Dam, Wasatch National ...
Significance: Pot, Fire and Weir lakes, all built in 1934 by the Provo Reservoir Company, are indicative of the renewed local interest in reservoir-building sparked by the drought of 1931. They are historicall... More
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Star Lake Dam, Wasatch National...
Significance: The existing Star Lake Dam is actually the second retention structure built on that lake. The Provo Reservoir Company had built a small dam over the natural outlet by 1923; that was replaced with... More
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
Eastside Reservoir, Diamond & Domenigoni Valleys, southwest of Hemet, ...
Reservoir should be full by 2004. Survey number: HAER CA-248 Building/structure dates: 1999 Initial Construction
Eastside Reservoir, Diamond & Domenigoni Valleys, southwest of Hemet, ...
Reservoir should be full by 2004. Survey number: HAER CA-248 Building/structure dates: 1999 Initial Construction
Eastside Reservoir, Diamond & Domenigoni Valleys, southwest of Hemet, ...
Reservoir should be full by 2004. Survey number: HAER CA-248 Building/structure dates: 1999 Initial Construction
Eastside Reservoir, Diamond & Domenigoni Valleys, southwest of Hemet, ...
Reservoir should be full by 2004. Survey number: HAER CA-248 Building/structure dates: 1999 Initial Construction
Eastside Reservoir, Diamond & Domenigoni Valleys, southwest of Hemet, ...
Reservoir should be full by 2004. Survey number: HAER CA-248 Building/structure dates: 1999 Initial Construction
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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...
Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More
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...
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, Kit...
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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, Kit...
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Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kit...
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High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...
Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More
Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...
Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More
Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR
Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More
Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR
Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...
Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 16, 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. 16, 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
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 Phoen...
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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 Phoen...
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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 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
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Water Lily Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...
Significance: The Water Lily Lake Dam is the oldest manmade structure to reservoir a natural lake in the Swift Creek drainage. With a crest length of 64 feet, it is the smallest of the dams in the Upalco Unit ... More
Dauphin Water Works, Southeast corner of Susquehanna & Canal Streets a...
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Dauphin Water Works, Southeast corner of Susquehanna & Canal Streets a...
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Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, McPhee Dam Site, Dolores, ...
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Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, W...
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Yosemite Hydroelectric Power Plant, Highways 120 & 140, Yosemite Villa...
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Yosemite Hydroelectric Power Plant, Highways 120 & 140, Yosemite Villa...
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Yosemite Hydroelectric Power Plant, Highways 120 & 140, Yosemite Villa...
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Terminal Dam, Tacoma, La Plata County, CO
Significance: It was an integral part of the Tacoma Project, an early hydroelectric development in southwest Colorado. The Project was constructed in the early 1900s to serve the needs of the mining operations ... More
Terminal Dam, Tacoma, La Plata County, CO
Significance: It was an integral part of the Tacoma Project, an early hydroelectric development in southwest Colorado. The Project was constructed in the early 1900s to serve the needs of the mining operations ... More
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...
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, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...
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, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...
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, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...
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, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...
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, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...
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