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• Crane operator at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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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
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• Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA) (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Construction at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Construction of Douglas Dam, TVA (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Early stages of construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Construction at Douglas Dam (TVA), Tenn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Early stage of construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. In the background is a log coffer dam (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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