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Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA) (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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A carpenter at the TVA's new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet ong, with a 31,600-acre reservoir area extending 43 miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Day laborers picking cotton, near Clarksdale, Miss. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA) (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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