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

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

2-910-589 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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.

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  1. Alfred T Palmer, attributed to: American: Photographer
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  1. Photograph
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  1. Still image
  2. Transparencies color. gmgpc
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World North and Central America United States Tennessee

  1. 35 30 00 N , 085 00 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 8188x6323
File Size : 151,678kb

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  1. 2017878437
  1. 1010010958
  1. 2-910-589
  1. 2017878437
  1. 2910589
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