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The lodge of the same park in which picnic shelter (K 2124) is located. The lodge is used by clubs, groups, and informal gatherings of young people for dances, parties, meetings, and lectures

The lodge of the same park in which picnic shelter (K 2124) is located...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2135. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Feeding mosquitoes used for experiments in malaria control

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Feeding mosqui...

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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...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion steamer Gordon C. Green of Cincinnati approaching Wilson Dam, Alabama

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion stea...

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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 ...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers leaving the chemical engineering plant

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers leavin...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... 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, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee ...

Survey number: HAER AL-47-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000147

Wilson Dam, Tenn. River, May 22, 1926

Wilson Dam, Tenn. River, May 22, 1926

J283785 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; George Lee Bracey; June 28, 1926. No. 17.

The lodge of the same park in which picnic shelter (K 2124) is located. The lodge is used by clubs, groups, and informal gatherings of young people for dances, parties, meetings, and lectures

The lodge of the same park in which picnic shelter (K 2124) is located...

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. A generator winder works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to 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. A generator winder works at the winding of...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boy weeds loblolly pine seedlings at TVA nursery

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conse...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at saf...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction activities on a new generating unit in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. The walls and a portion of the intake can be seen. 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. Construction activities on a new generatin...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Pole line carrying 110-volt current generated at 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. Pole line carrying 110-volt current genera...

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

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, Oilostatic Transmission System, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Oilostatic Transmission System, Span...

Significance: As generating capacity at Wilson Dam grew through the early TVA years, new methods of generator cable installation came into practice. One of these new cable installations, the Oilostatic System,... More

Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala.

Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current gen...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety and patriotic meeting at TVA chemical plant

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety and pat...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free dental care

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in che...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at saf...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers leaving the chemical engineering plant

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers leavin...

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Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Stoney Spillway Gate, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Stoney Spillway Gate, Spanning Tenne...

Significance: The purpose of spillways and spillway gates is to control the excess flow of water not used by the turbines or stored in the reservoir. Such headwater control is accomplished at Wilson Dam by the... More

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County, Alabama

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and...

Construction of the dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1924. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograp... More

Wilson Dam, Aug. 15, 1927,  Panoramic Photograph

Wilson Dam, Aug. 15, 1927, Panoramic Photograph

J232104 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; George Lee Bracey; August 31, 1927. No. 21.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 ...

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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Collecting anopheles mosquitoes in malaria control area

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Collecting ano...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. A generator winder works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to 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. A generator winder works at the winding of...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

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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...

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

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

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Three Phase Tri Level Circuit Breaker, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Three Phase Tri Level Circuit Breake...

Significance: In order to perform such functions as servicing, maintenance, re-configuring and fault protection, it is necessary that there be some means for disconnecting the load (electric furnaces, motors, e... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning T...

Significance: At Wilson Dam, two manufacturers, Westinghouse and General Electric, each supplied 4 of the dam's first turbine and generator sets to the 18 unit-capacity powerhouse. Illustrated here is one of t... More

Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheff...

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Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffi...

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

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County, Alabama

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and...

Construction of the dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1924. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograp... 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, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Loading insecticide into plane used in malaria control work

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Loading insect...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. The scroll case for a generating unit in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. The walls and a portion of the intake can be seen. 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 scroll case for a generating unit in t...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Generator winders work at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to 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. Generator winders work at the winding of a...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles about 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. Eight generator units in the generator roo...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Pole line carrying 110-volt current generated at 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. Pole line carrying 110-volt current genera...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant construction. A partly completed stator for one of the generator units at a new addition to 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. Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant constructio...

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

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County, Alabama

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and...

Construction of the dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1924. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograp... 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, Oilostatic Transmission System, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Oilostatic Transmission System, Span...

Significance: As generating capacity at Wilson Dam grew through the early TVA years, new methods of generator cable installation came into practice. One of these new cable installations, the Oilostatic System,... More

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 ...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Engineers discuss blueprints

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Engineers disc...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Testing insecticide for malaria-carrying mosquito at malaria control laboratory

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Testing insect...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. A long line of completed generators extends back the full length of the room. 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. A partly completed generator in the new ad...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Newly installed generator units at work in a recent addition to 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. Newly installed generator units at work in...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys weeding seedlings at TVA nursery

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conse...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Tapping the slag at a phosphorus furnace at a chemical plant

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Tapping the sl...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion steamer Gordon C. Green of Cincinnati approaching Wilson Dam, Alabama

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion stea...

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

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, Three Phase Tri Level Circuit Breaker, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Three Phase Tri Level Circuit Breake...

Significance: In order to perform such functions as servicing, maintenance, re-configuring and fault protection, it is necessary that there be some means for disconnecting the load (electric furnaces, motors, e... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning T...

Significance: At Wilson Dam, two manufacturers, Westinghouse and General Electric, each supplied 4 of the dam's first turbine and generator sets to the 18 unit-capacity powerhouse. Illustrated here is one of t... More

Wilson Dam and power house, Muscle Shoals

Wilson Dam and power house, Muscle Shoals

J13754 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; August 7, 1933; DLC/PP-1933:47987. Copyright claimant's address: Detroit.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Installing new generators

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Installing new...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at saf...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Scroll case walls for two generators at a new addition to the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles about 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. Scroll case walls for two generators at a ...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)). Civilian Conservation Corps boys weeding loblolly pine seedlings at TVA  nursery. Since 1934, eighty million trees have been planted for soil conservation and flood control in the Tennessee Valley

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)). Civilian Conser...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spreading insecticide for malaria control

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spreading inse...

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Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gordon Williams, electrician at Wilson Dam, lives in this demountable prefabricated defense house at Florence, Alabama

Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gordon Williams,...

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

Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gordon Williams, electrician at Wilson Dam, lives in this demountable prefabricated defense house at Florence, Alabama

Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gordon Williams,...

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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. A generator winder works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to 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. A generator winder works at the winding of...

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Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gordon Williams, electrician at Wilson Dam, lives in this demountable prefabricated defense house at Florence, Alabama

Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gordon Williams,...

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The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County, Alabama

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and...

Construction of the dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1924. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograp... More

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County, Alabama

The Wilson Dam spans the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and...

Construction of the dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1924. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograp... 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, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning T...

Significance: At Wilson Dam, two manufacturers, Westinghouse and General Electric, each supplied 4 of the dam's first turbine and generator sets to the 18 unit-capacity powerhouse. Illustrated here is one of t... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee ...

Survey number: HAER AL-47-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000147

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Navigation Lock, Spanning Tennessee ...

Survey number: HAER AL-47-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000147

Wilson Dam, Oct., 1925,  Panoramic Photograph

Wilson Dam, Oct., 1925, Panoramic Photograph

J279322 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; George Lee Bracey; November 2, 1925. Copyright claimant's address: Florence, Ala. Neg. no. 15.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in che...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Engineers discuss blueprints

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Engineers disc...

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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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