Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...
Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More
Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...
Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More
Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River...
Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made C... More
Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake,...
The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Significance: At the time of construction, Grand Coulee Dam was the most massive structure ever built: construct... More
Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-3 Powerhouse, San Bernardino...
Survey number: HAER CA-130-W Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work
Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Redlands, San Bernardino County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Swan Falls Dam, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 16, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 7 Plant 4), a small Craftsman Style cottage, is the oldest permanently built residence at Plant 4. Its significance lies in its contribution to an unde... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 16, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 7 Plant 4), a small Craftsman Style cottage, is the oldest permanently built residence at Plant 4. Its significance lies in its contribution to an unde... 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
Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N466 Survey number: HAER WA-130-B
Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N466 Survey number: HAER WA-130-B
Visitors' overlook building at Hiwassee Dam. On account of interesting...
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2273. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More
Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of ...
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2313. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More
Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. View of Chickamauga spillway floodligh...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dam, cascade, water stream, waterfall, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. General view of spillway with powerhou...
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2104. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More
Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. General view of spillway and powerhou...
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: G 1182. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More
General view of the dam at Berwyn, Maryland
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More
A black and white photo of a pile of sticks, possibly related to: Beav...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More
A black and white photo of people in a field FSA/OWI - Farm security a...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More
The town of Arlington, Oregon, on the Columbia River 112 miles from Bo...
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
Mr. Johnson, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with part inter...
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
Construction worker, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California
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
A black and white photo of a man standing on a dirt road. Office of Wa...
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
A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...
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
Fort Loudon i.e., Loudoun Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (...
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
A black and white photo of a bunch of pipes. Office of War Information...
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
Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. The two sides of the dam are fa...
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
A black and white photo of men in a truck. Office of War Information P...
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
Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spillway
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. A cover plate and exciter housing of a new...
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
Fort Loudon i.e., Loudoun Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (...
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
Spring pulpwood drive on Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Wood ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Communist China, construction of hydroelectric power stations, 1953-19...
"For official use only." "Figure 6." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy has lower left margin cut away. Mounted on cloth and laminated.
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
The Wind River Canyon Dam that created the Boysen Reservoir in Fremont...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
The roaring Strontia Springs Dam in Douglas, County, Colorado, diverts...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Most of this takes place in plain sight of one of metropolitan Denver's favorite workout venues, the 6.2-mile Waterton Canyon Trail th... More
The Canaan Dam, a 27-foot hydroelectric dam spanning the Connecticut R...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
A portion of the power-generating Bonneville Lock and Dam in the Colum...
At the time of its construction in the 1930s it was the largest water impoundment project of its type in the nation, able to withstand flooding on an unprecedented scale. The facility is named for Army captain ... More
Cove Hydroelectric Development, Wood & Concrete Flume, Cove Power Plan...
Significance: The large wood and concrete flume is the most remarkable feature of the Cove Hydroelectric Development from both an aesthetic and an engineering perspective. The flume had to be precisely designe... More
Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...
Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More
Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...
Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More
Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...
Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More
Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...
Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More
Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...
Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More
Hoover Dam, Static Towers & Lines, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clar...
Significance: It was constructed as an integral part of the control and protection system for the Hoover Dam switchyard complex, to protect the switchyards and transformer circuits from lightning strikes. Surv... 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
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
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Revolving Fish Screen, Redlands,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tallassee Shoals Hydroelectric Facility, Middle Oconee River, Athens, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tallassee Shoals Hydroelectric Facility, Middle Oconee River, Athens, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1921 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...
Survey number: HAER ID-45-E Public domain photograph of hydroelectric power station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hoover Dam, Cable Hoist House, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark Co...
Significance: It provided access to control cable tunnels from the power plant to the switchyard relay house, and a transformer in the lower level of the hoist house provided operating electricity to the switch... More
Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, B...
Significance: It was the second-largest Federal switchyard at Hoover Dam, the switchyard provided needed power for expansion of irrigation and municipal water supplies in California during and after WWII, but i... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Operations Buildin...
Significance: Building 102 Control Station (formerly Operations Building #1, Control Station) was constructed as the first operations building at the control station for the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System in... More
Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles s...
Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's arch... More
Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...
Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More
Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...
Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More
Warrior Ridge Dam, Spanning Frankstown Branch of Juniata River, Peters...
Significance: The Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company, a major dam builder in the United States in the early twentieth century, designed and built the dam. As one of the earliest examples of a covered vers... More
Skagit Power Development, Ross Dam, 11.0 miles upstream from Newhalem ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sewall's Falls Hydroelectric Facility, East end of Second Street spann...
Significance: The dam in Concord, New Hampshire, was one of the longest timber crib dams in the eastern U.S. On September 29, 1893, this became the second commercial supplier of three-phase electric current in ... More
Sewall's Falls Hydroelectric Facility, East end of Second Street spann...
Significance: The dam in Concord, New Hampshire, was one of the longest timber crib dams in the eastern U.S. On September 29, 1893, this became the second commercial supplier of three-phase electric current in ... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Hydrographer's Off...
Significance: Building 111, Control Station, originally constructed as worker housing, has been greatly modified over the years for a variety of uses. It is now used as the hydrographer's office. Its signific... More
Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...
Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More
Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee ...
Survey number: HAER AL-47-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000147
Electron Hydroelectric Project, Along Puyallup River, Electron, Pierce...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Electron Hydroelectric Project, Along Puyallup River, Electron, Pierce...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mystic Lake Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, Along West Rosebud Cre...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bonneville Project, Columbia River, 1 mile Northeast of Exit 40, off I...
Significance: Bonneville Dam was the first of eight federal lock and dam projects on the Columbia-Snake rivers. The dam's significance is derived from its unique engineering design, its contribution to the reg... More
Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...
Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More
Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...
Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Por...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N465 Survey number: HAER WA-130-A
Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Redlands, San Bernardino County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Works, Cedar Falls Road, 3.5 miles south of ...
Significance: The assemblage of industrial structures and architectural features that comprise the Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Works Historic District occupies an important position in the political and social ev... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 16, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 7 Plant 4), a small Craftsman Style cottage, is the oldest permanently built residence at Plant 4. Its significance lies in its contribution to an unde... 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
Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June L...
Significance: Building 108 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More
Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June L...
Significance: Building 108 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More
Roosevelt Dam, Arizona - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More
Jerusalem water works. Filling the reservoir at Ain Arroub
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Filling the reservoir at Ain Arroub. On negative sleeve: 9/92. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Kennett Division. Shasta Dam. Rows 27 to 29 on downstream face as seen...
United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at htt... More