dams

Tieton Dam, South & East of State Highway 12, Naches, Yakima County, W...

Significance: At the time of its completion in 1925, the Tieton Dam was the highest earthfill dam in the world. "Two of the foremost engineers in Western water development, Frank Crowe and Frank Weymouth, were... More

Swan Falls Dam, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

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Swan Falls Dam, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

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

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

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

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

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

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

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

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...

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

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Significance: Alexander Jack built the mill as a Dye & Print Works in 1872. J. Loren Judkins established a Wagon Shop in 1893 and added the Blacksmith Shop c. 1895. The timber frame and plank dam is intact. ... More

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Significance: Alexander Jack built the mill as a Dye & Print Works in 1872. J. Loren Judkins established a Wagon Shop in 1893 and added the Blacksmith Shop c. 1895. The timber frame and plank dam is intact. ... More

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Significance: Alexander Jack built the mill as a Dye & Print Works in 1872. J. Loren Judkins established a Wagon Shop in 1893 and added the Blacksmith Shop c. 1895. The timber frame and plank dam is intact. ... More

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement,...

The address used in title block for the measured drawings incorrectly identifies the location as Maui County. The Kalaupapa Water Supply System is located in Kalawao County. Significance: From 1866, Hawaiians ... More

Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement,...

The address used in title block for the measured drawings incorrectly identifies the location as Maui County. The Kalaupapa Water Supply System is located in Kalawao County. Significance: From 1866, Hawaiians ... More

Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement,...

The address used in title block for the measured drawings incorrectly identifies the location as Maui County. The Kalaupapa Water Supply System is located in Kalawao County. Significance: From 1866, Hawaiians ... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wickiup Dam, Outlet Works, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County,...

Survey number: HAER OR-112-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Illinois Waterway, Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House, 2502 Channel Dr...

Significance: The Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House Historic District is significant both for its role in navigation of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois Waterway and for the vertical lift l... More

Illinois Waterway, Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House, 2502 Channel Dr...

Significance: The Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House Historic District is significant both for its role in navigation of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois Waterway and for the vertical lift l... More

Illinois Waterway, Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House, 2502 Channel Dr...

Significance: The Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House Historic District is significant both for its role in navigation of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois Waterway and for the vertical lift l... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Upper White River Lock & Dam Nos. 1, 2, & 3, Spanning White River, Bat...

Survey number: HAER AR-91 Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Loleta Recreation Area, Lower Dam, 6 miles Southeast of interesection ...

See also HABS PA-5963 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between the years of 1933 and 1936. The CCC work project was i... More

Skagit Power Development, Skagit River & Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric...

Significance: Developed over a 50 year time span by Seattle City Light, the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three large dams and power plants: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross. Associated with it is the ... More

Skagit Power Development, Skagit River & Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric...

Significance: Developed over a 50 year time span by Seattle City Light, the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three large dams and power plants: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross. Associated with it is the ... More

Skagit Power Development, Skagit River & Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric...

Significance: Developed over a 50 year time span by Seattle City Light, the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three large dams and power plants: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross. Associated with it is the ... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg,...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg,...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg,...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg,...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg,...

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

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg,...

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

Saw mill on Niobrara east of Valentine, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Milling district, from lower dam, Minneapolis, Minn.

Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Nile dam, at first cataract, Egypt

Photo shows the Aswan dam (old Aswan dam) near Aswān, Egypt H108841 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Copyright 1908 by Stereo-Travel Co." No. 100.

Plotina Imperatrit︠s︡y Marīi Ḟeodorovny. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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

Portrait photo of Betonirovka fli︠u︡tbeta plotiny. [Beloomut]

Workers and supervisors posing for photograph amid preparations for pouring cement for sluice dam foundation across the Oka River near Beloomut.

Spillway - Miraflores Locks, gelatin silver print

J188506 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 550. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913.

Spillway - Gatun Dam, gelatin silver print

J188527 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 540. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913; DLC/PP-1914:44724.

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bear...

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

Stony Gorge Dam and reservoir, Orlando Project, California

Photograph shows view of the Stony Gorge dam and the reservoir. In album: Bureau of Reclamation construction in California : All-American canal, Imperial and Parker dams, Central Valley Shasta and Friant dam s... More

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 1, South side of Lock 1, n...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such, the lock shelte... More

[Dam,] Desoto State Park, Fort Payne, Alabama

Desoto State Park is accented by rushing waterfalls and fragrant wildflowers. The atmosphere of the CCC further enhances the restaurant, lodge and cabin facilities. Nestled atop beautiful scenic Lookout Mountai... More