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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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[Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama] (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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[Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant] (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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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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Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River (LOC)
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- 6 favorites
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Construction at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)
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- 32,196 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Eight generator units in the generator room of 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
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- 19 favorites
- 30,315 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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TVA chemical plant, electric furnace loaded with phosphate, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (LOC)
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- 18 favorites
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Construction of Douglas Dam, TVA (LOC)
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- 5 favorites
- 30,070 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The [dam] has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,00
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- 7 favorites
- 28,916 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn. (LOC)
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- 5 favorites
- 28,602 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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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
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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The countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC)
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- 26,184 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Construction at Douglas Dam (TVA), Tenn. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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The countryside near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam site, Douglas Dam vicinity, Tenn. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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