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Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pic...

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

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck of dam

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck...

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

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for first two units in place. All principal lighting is indirect to avoid reflections on instrument faces. Recessed lights along rear wall illuminate back of main panel. Ceiling is acoustic tile; floor, linoleum. Series of glass panels in back of operator seated at desk permits view of generator hall such as appears on K 1849. Also, by means of a balcony visitors can inspect control room through these panels

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that photograph shows initial stage; present installation extended to four generators; ultimately six. Generator housings have been designed and finished on all projects with attention to architectural appearance as well as engineering efficiency

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficult to reach (therefore, supplementary visitors' facilities were developed at the opposite end of the dam in separate buildings). Rest rooms, elevators, stairway, overlook balcony, and control room can be viewed either through glass doors from this room or from large plate glass openings of the overlook balcony. Terrazzo floor and base, burlap covered plaster walls, acoustic plaster ceiling. Graphic display is in a shallow wall niche between control room doors; top line shows three functions of projects in cross-sectional perspectives; photographs elaborate on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program; map of valley is applied to specially constructed movable table

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intended for an eventual length of six, it has been extended to four units since photograph was taken. Assembly and repair bay surmounted by offices and reception facilities, in left end. Concrete shows ordinary formwork composed of tongue-and-groove boards, whereas most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects make use of special formwork described in connection with Guntersville powerhouse

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intend...

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

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: KX 815. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin buildings shown on photographs numbers 1986, 1983. This room serves as the guard station and also as reception room where the features of the project and the progress of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are explained to visitors before they are taken on inspection trips

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin build...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1994. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for first two units in place. All principal lighting is indirect to avoid reflections on instrument faces. Recessed lights along rear wall illuminate back of main panel. Ceiling is acoustic tile; floor, linoleum. Series of glass panels in back of operator seated at desk permits view of generator hall such as appears on K 1849. Also, by means of a balcony visitors can inspect control room through these panels

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for f...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1775. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam.Transformers in back of generator hall, switchyard mounted on top of building and heavy transfer crane make interesting combination of architectural and engineering features

Pickwick Dam.Transformers in back of generator hall, switchyard mounte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intended for an eventual length of six, it has been extended to four units since photograph was taken. Assembly and repair bay surmounted by offices and reception facilities, in left end. Concrete shows ordinary formwork composed of tongue-and-groove boards, whereas most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects make use of special formwork described in connection with Guntersville powerhouse

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intend...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1975. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that photograph shows initial stage; present installation extended to four generators; ultimately six. Generator housings have been designed and finished on all projects with attention to architectural appearance as well as engineering efficiency

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1849. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings shown on K 1986. Structures are lightweight because they were placed on a relatively recent fill. Walls and partitions are of three inch by three inch studs, steel were exposed and wood otherwise, covered by asbestos panels on a modular spacing. Window, door, and solid panels are interchangeable

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings sh...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1983. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pic...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2202. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings shown on K 1986. Structures are lightweight because they were placed on a relatively recent fill. Walls and partitions are of three inch by three inch studs, steel were exposed and wood otherwise, covered by asbestos panels on a modular spacing. Window, door, and solid panels are interchangeable

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings sh...

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

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin buildings shown on photographs numbers 1986, 1983. This room serves as the guard station and also as reception room where the features of the project and the progress of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are explained to visitors before they are taken on inspection trips

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin build...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. Cranes and other engineering features are designed with same care as architectural feaatures. This one, in back of generator hall, serves for the transfer of heavy equipment from barges into the assembly and repair space

Pickwick Dam. Cranes and other engineering features are designed with ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck of dam

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1969. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficult to reach (therefore, supplementary visitors' facilities were developed at the opposite end of the dam in separate buildings). Rest rooms, elevators, stairway, overlook balcony, and control room can be viewed either through glass doors from this room or from large plate glass openings of the overlook balcony. Terrazzo floor and base, burlap covered plaster walls, acoustic plaster ceiling. Graphic display is in a shallow wall niche between control room doors; top line shows three functions of projects in cross-sectional perspectives; photographs elaborate on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program; map of valley is applied to specially constructed movable table

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficu...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1977. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More