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Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Boulder Dam, (i.e. Hoover Dam) between Arizona and Nevada. Placing concrete in the sidewall of the Nevada spillway. A 2 cubic yard bottom-dump bucket is being handled by crane. Note the manner in which the panels are staggered

Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. End of spillway deck at navigation lock. Heavy concrete pilings serve as bumpers for gantry deck cranes. Wing houses lock operating machinery and control room

Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. End of spillway deck at navigation lock. Heavy concrete pilings serve as bumpers for gantry deck cranes. Wing houses lock operating machinery and control room

Boulder Dam, (i.e. Hoover Dam) between Arizona and Nevada. Placing concrete in the sidewall of the Nevada spillway. A 2 cubic yard bottom-dump bucket is being handled by crane. Note the manner in which the panels are staggered

Washington, D.C. Test pile loaded with concrete blocks to determine how much the pile will sink when the bridge structure is finished

Dams under construction. This rather curiously shaped stairway give access from the control building of the Cherokee hydro plant ot the switchyard which is high up on the steep hillside. The stair was laid out in a V-shape to gain additional length for the total rise. Grading and planting are unfinished

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

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Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2202.

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

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

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01/01/1933
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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

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