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Miss. River Power Plant, Keokuk

Miss. River Power Plant, Keokuk

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Canal and power house, Michigan Lake Superior Power Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Canal and power house, Michigan Lake Superior Power Co., Sault Ste. Ma...

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Works of the New York Knife Co., Walden, N.Y.; Water Power Plant of the Wallkill River Co.

Works of the New York Knife Co., Walden, N.Y.; Water Power Plant of th...

Postcard shows industrial buildings (works and power plant), water and water falls. H 127610 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1909 by D.E. Ryan.

Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Insulators on lightning arrester

Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Insulators on lightning arrester

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Buzzard Point plant from across river I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Buzzard Point plant fr...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Generator parts, Buzzard Point plant I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Generator parts, Buzza...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Distant front view of Benning plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Distant front view of Bennin...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Powerlines I

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Powerlines I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. Gen[eral]. view with workers' homes in distance

The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. Gen[eral]. view with w...

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The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. The P.E.C. sluice gates controlling water in the Jordan Canal.

The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. The P.E.C. sluice gate...

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The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. The P.E.C. workers dining-room. Taken during a meal.

The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. The P.E.C. workers din...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Exterior of Buzzard Point plant from across river

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Exterior of Buzzard Po...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Machinery I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Machinery I

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts at Buzzard Point plant XI

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts ...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Damaged dynamo at Benning plant II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Damaged dynamo at Benning pl...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Frequency changer view at Benning plant I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Frequency changer view at Be...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Frequency changer view at Benning plant III

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Frequency changer view at Be...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Remetal damaged parts IV

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Remetal damaged parts IV

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Men in front of machine at Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Men in front of machin...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts at Buzzard Point plant IX

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts ...

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Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Power lines at Conowingo II

Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Power lines at Conowingo II

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged electric motor at Buzzard Point plant I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged electric motor...

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Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Power lines at Conowingo I

Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Power lines at Conowingo I

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Coal pile at night at Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Coal pile at night at ...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Power plant interior

Potomac Electric Power Co. Power plant interior

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction of foundation for second turbine at Buzzard Point plant III

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction of founda...

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U.S. Capitol power plant. Interior of U.S. Capitol plant II

U.S. Capitol power plant. Interior of U.S. Capitol plant II

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A black and white photo of a factory on a lake, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a factory on a lake, West Virginia. Farm Se...

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Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry ...

12002-36. 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

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. To the left is a portion of the panels containing metering devices and to record the operations of generators such as this, which power a rolling mill

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. To the left is a portion of the p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, power plant, electric generator, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building No. 14, Old State Route 13 West, Marion, Williamson County, IL

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building No. 14, Old State Rou...

See HABS IL-1155 for overview history of complex & list of original architectural drawings. See photographs in this record for photocopies of drawings. Significance: A typical example of Veterans Administration... More

A black and white photo of an electrical substation. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of an electrical substation. Great Depression ...

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Columbia River and crossing towers for transmitting power across the river from hydroelectric plant at Bonneville Dam, Oregon

Columbia River and crossing towers for transmitting power across the r...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Coal handling machines at Buzzard Point plant II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Coal handling machines...

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Cores for generators at General Electric plant. Erie, Pennslyvania

Cores for generators at General Electric plant. Erie, Pennslyvania

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. Production of the drill jig part, pictured here, is included in the conversion of a jukebox manufacturing company to war production. Control instruments based on the jukebox selection device will be manufactured for America's armed forces. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. Production of the drill jig part, pictured ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension lines that carry current generated at the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. The stator, rotor and exciter of a new generator unit in place at TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Completed units show in the background. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. The stator, rotor and exciter of a new gen...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Section of one of the switchyards from which high-tension lines carry generated at the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Section of one of the switchyards from whi...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Adjusting main exciter brushes on the top of a generator in TVA's hydroelectric plant at Watts Bar Dam on the Tennessee River. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Adjusti...

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Production. Steam power plant equipment. Holes are drilled in a waterwall header for a high-pressure boiler. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Holes are drilled in a waterw...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. An electric welder employed on the erection of stacks and breechings at TVA's Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installation 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. An elec...

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Production. Steam power plant equipment. An electric arc-welder runs a seam on a new high-pressure boiler. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. An electric arc-welder runs a...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Looking down the partly-finished generator room of a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Concrete work for the scroll case and draft tube is completed up to the scroll case roof. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Looking down the partly-finished generator...

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Production. Magnesium. A veritable forest of transmission towers and transformers distribute electrical power to the various units of Basic Magnesium's huge plant in the southern Nevada desert. Some units of this plant are now producing magnesium, lightest of all metals, for incendiary bombs, tracer bullets and aircraft parts. Full production is scheduled for the summer of 1943

Production. Magnesium. A veritable forest of transmission towers and t...

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U.S. Capitol power plant. Interior of U.S. Capitol power plant showing damaged cabinets and ceiling

U.S. Capitol power plant. Interior of U.S. Capitol power plant showing...

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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemical Division. Plant interior X

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemical Division. Plant interior...

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U.S. Capitol power plant. Coal hoppers alteration in boiler room of U.S. Capitol power plant I

U.S. Capitol power plant. Coal hoppers alteration in boiler room of U....

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Aerial view of Alexandria plant site II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Aerial view of Alexandria...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in ... More

American Enka Corp., Morristown, Tennessee. South view of power

American Enka Corp., Morristown, Tennessee. South view of power

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General Electric, Electronic Park, Syracuse, New York. Boilers

General Electric, Electronic Park, Syracuse, New York. Boilers

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building interior, power generator, furnace, boiler, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Electric, Electronic Park, Syracuse, New York. Power house

General Electric, Electronic Park, Syracuse, New York. Power house

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Generator unit no. 13 at Benning plant, top left 6,7,8

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Generator unit no. 13 at Ben...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Generator unit no. 13 at Benning plant, lower right 2,3,4,5

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Generator unit no. 13 at Ben...

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Louis Justement, architect. Capitol Power Plant, New Jersey Ave. and E St. II

Louis Justement, architect. Capitol Power Plant, New Jersey Ave. and E...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Exterior of Benning plant III

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Exterior of Benning plant II...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Worn parts on turbine no. 2 IV

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Worn parts on turbine no....

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Worn parts on turbine no. 2 V

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Worn parts on turbine no....

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Public Service of New Jersey, Bergen station. Generators

Public Service of New Jersey, Bergen station. Generators

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Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Garage & Celler, North Bank of Snake River, immediately North of the Cliff Substation, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Garage & Celler, North Bank of S...

Significance: It was the first building constructed in 1927 by the Idaho Power Company during its 1926-1927 expansion of the Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project. This stone building originally served as a gara... More

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Power Plant, S.C. Route 215, Buffalo, Union County, SC

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Power Plant, S.C. Route 215, Buffalo, Uni...

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Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Arco Naval Proving Ground, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Arco Naval Proving Ground, Scov...

Significance: The Arco Naval Proving Ground (NPG) was one of five specialized ordnance facilities established in the United States during World War II to support ordnance testing and research and experiments re... More

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth County, NJ

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth ...

Significance: Bell Laboratories Holmdel was constructed from 1959 to 1966 according to a plan and design of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Although Saarinen passed away in September 1961 be... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

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

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, Dam & Power House, End of Holter Dam Road, Wolf Creek, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, Dam & Power House, End of Holter Dam Ro...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana and the consolidation of most of the state's electric industry into The Montana Powe... More

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

Central Power Station, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Central Power Station, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Kitsap C...

Significance: The Central Power Station at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was constructed in 1910 as the Shipyard's first Central Steam/Power Station. It was the principal power plant for the buildings and equipme... More

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

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

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street, Newaygo, Newaygo County, MI

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street...

Significance: The tower is part of the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, built in the early 1930s as a link in Consumers Power Company's system of electric power generation. In designing and building Hardy, the compan... More

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street, Newaygo, Newaygo County, MI

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street...

Significance: The tower is part of the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, built in the early 1930s as a link in Consumers Power Company's system of electric power generation. In designing and building Hardy, the compan... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Steam Plant Building, Menoher Road & Dyess Street, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Steam Plant Buil...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: The Rushmore Air Force Station Steam Plant Building is significant for its association with American Military policy during the Cold War years of the early 1... More

Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon River, Croton, Newaygo County, MI

Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon River, Croton,...

Significance: The Croton Hydroelectric Plant was one of the earliest large-scale hydroelectric generating plants in Michigan and was the site of major innovations in the transmission of high voltage electricity... 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

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

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

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

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

Significance: It was designed by William G. Fargo, a Jackson, Michigan, civil engineer who specialized in small and mid-sized hydroelectric plants in the Midwest. The Powerhouse shelters all the electrical gene... More

Cove Hydroelectric Development, Forebay & Diversion Dam, Cove Power Plant Road, Grace, Caribou County, ID

Cove Hydroelectric Development, Forebay & Diversion Dam, Cove Power Pl...

Significance: The forebay and diversion dam mark the capture point, the beginning, of the entire Cove system. The dam impounds water in the forebay, forcing it through the screen house and ultimately into the l... More

Skagit Power Development, Gorge High Dam, On Skagit River, 2.9 miles upstream from Newhalem, Newhalem, Whatcom County, WA

Skagit Power Development, Gorge High Dam, On Skagit River, 2.9 miles u...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER WA-24-C Building/structure dates: 1961 Initial Construction

Skagit Power Development, Gorge High Dam, On Skagit River, 2.9 miles upstream from Newhalem, Newhalem, Whatcom County, WA

Skagit Power Development, Gorge High Dam, On Skagit River, 2.9 miles u...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER WA-24-C Building/structure dates: 1961 Initial Construction

Cabot Station Electric Generating Plant, Gantry Crane, Montague City Road, Turners Falls vicinity, Montague, Franklin County, MA

Cabot Station Electric Generating Plant, Gantry Crane, Montague City R...

Significance: The gantry crane is an integral part of Cabot Station, an early and substantial example of American hydroelectric engineering. When built, the plant as the largest hydroelectric facility in New E... More

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building interior, power generator, furnace, boiler, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, norhtwest corner of California Avenue & Seventh Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, no...

Significance: Building 121 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 121, the 1918 central power plant for Mare Island, is highly significant both for its function within the shi... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, norhtwest corner of California Avenue & Seventh Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, no...

Significance: Building 121 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 121, the 1918 central power plant for Mare Island, is highly significant both for its function within the shi... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

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