National Archives at Atlanta

BROWSE ITEMS TAGGED "DAM CONSTRUCTION"

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Fontana Dam July 14, 1942 View	Racial tensions ran high on the construction site of Fontana Dam. On July 1, 1942, after blacks were hired to work on the site... Tags: African Americans \| Dam Construction \| North Carolina \| World War II
Gilbertsville Dam July 9, 1942 View	Complaints were made to the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice regarding conditions at the Gilbertsville Dam... Tags: African Americans \| Dam Construction \| Kentucky \| World War II
Family Removal October 1, 1944 View	Thousands of families were removed from their homes to accommodate the construction of Fontana Dam. This report describes... Tags: Dam Construction \| North Carolina \| World War II
construction of dams June 1, 1942 View	With the increased need for power to support the defense industry--in particular, the wartime production of aluminum, TVA constructed ... Tags: Dam Construction \| Tennessee Valley \| World War II
Dams Built for War 1940-1945 View	The TVA built three dams in record time to support the increased electric power demand of war industries: Fontana, Cherokee, and Douglas... Tags: Dam Construction \| North Carolina \| Tennessee \| World War II
Nickajack December 12, 1967 View	Nickajack Dam, which was constructed between 1964 and 1967, replaced the old Hales Bar Plant... Tags: Dam Construction \| Electricity \| Tennessee
Truman at Kentucky Dam October 10, 1945 View	A little over one month after Japan formally surrendered on the deck of the USS Missouri ending World War II, President Truman dedicated... Tags: Dam Construction \| Kentucky
Wilson Dam ca. 1943 View	Originally constructed to power two nitrate plants that manufactured explosives, Wilson dam was completed in 1924. TVA acquired the dam... Tags: Alabama \| Dam Construction
Douglas Dam ca. 1943 View	Douglas Dam was built during World War II to provide power for critical war functions: aluminum and magnesium production and uranium enrichment... Tags: Dam Construction \| Tennessee
guntersville DAm March 22, 1940 View	In 1939 this hydroelectric dam began providing power to the residents of Marshall County, Alabama and surrounding areas. It also created... Tags: Alabama \| Dam Construction