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General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide explains to a group of visitors the functioning of the project and will follow up by an explanation of the relation of the particular dam to the integrated system and to the general program of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). See also comments relating to K 1132

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to actual cases, the Authority works in intimate contact with local political institutions, and county, city, and state planning agencies, most of which owe their existence to TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) instigation. Models, designs, surveys, drafts of ordinances and legislation are developed by TVA technicians to assist in the physical replanning of the valley

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to actual cases, the Authority works in intimate contact with local political institutions, and county, city, and state planning agencies, most of which owe their existence to TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) instigation. Models, designs, surveys, drafts of ordinances and legislation are developed by TVA technicians to assist in the physical replanning of the valley

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

General planning. A simplified diagram to explain the integrated functioning of the Authority's river control projects

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

General planning. A simplified diagram to explain the integrated functioning of the Authority's river control projects

General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide explains to a group of visitors the functioning of the project and will follow up by an explanation of the relation of the particular dam to the integrated system and to the general program of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). See also comments relating to K 1132

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Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: KX 35.

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

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tennessee anderson county norris dam safety film negatives photo tennessee valley authority reception room norris powerhouse ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration library of congress
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01/01/1933
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anderson county
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

label_outline Explore Norris Dam, Reception Room, Tennessee

A black and white photo of a man leaning over a table. Office of War Information Photograph

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases, to show various stages of tuberculosis. Timer for x-ray apparatus

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Washington, D.C. The registration desk during a drive for blood donors sponsored by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and the personnel division of the United States Office of War Information (OWI)

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw materials from which small pieces, cut to size, are obtained for production of precision parts for Uncle Sam's machine gun squads. Site of these operations is an Eastern factory which has been converted from manufacture of oil burners to production of war essentials. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

A group of people sitting around a fire. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Wings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Civilian defense in the United States

Washington, D.C. Watching the planes takeoff through the windows of the lobby of the municipal airport

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a sign. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilot and observer who bought their own plane and flew it in from Wisconsin to join the patrol

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Generators

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tennessee anderson county norris dam safety film negatives photo tennessee valley authority reception room norris powerhouse ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration library of congress