Sujet

Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam..., Tennessee, 1942 Creator: Alfred T Palmer.

Légende

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 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tenn. River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM22A79_122

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Droits gérés

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36,2Mo (1015,9Ko) / 36,6cm x 24,8cm / 4317 x 2930 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors river South library work country power construction electricity geography Southern color Tennessee electric war authority location transmission century dam concept 1940s Library of Congress electric lines power supply Forties United States of America Colour Hydroelectric Power World War II World War two WWII world war 2 20th century switchyard American America USA decade geographical feature Second World War TGN WW2 outside photograph united states 2nd World War Tennessee River Congressional Library Heritage Art Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI still image Transparencies Color. gmgpc Alfred T Palmer Palmer Alfred T Alfred Palmer Palmer Alfred Alfred T. Palmer Palmer Alfred T. Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Chickamauga Dam transmission line tower