Sujet

A carpenter at the TVA's new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn., 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer.

Légende

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, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kw. of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kw. in the average year.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A79_091

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

148,1Mo (3,2Mo) / 69,3cm x 53,5cm / 8188 x 6323 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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