RG 142 - Tennessee Valley Authority, Wilson Dam Construction Photographs
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Wilson Dam Construction Progress Photographs, 1922-1925
Engineering, Design, and Construction Division
National Archives Identifier 6125743
This series contains 256 photographs documenting various stages of the construction of Wilson Dam.
| Photo Number | Caption | Box Number |
| 385 | Wilson Dam | 1 |
| 386 | No Description | 1 |
| 394 | No Description | 1 |
| 395 | Penstock Forms in Place Block 87, 85, & 83 | 1 |
| 39 | Permanent Railroad for Powerhouse | 1 |
| 397 | Southeast Corner of Coffer No. 4 & of upstream of Coffer No. 5 | 2 |
| 412 | Southeast Side of Powerhouse | 2 |
| 413 | Southeast Side of Powerhouse | 2 |
| 414 | Draft Tube No 3 | 2 |
| 415 | View in Draft Tube No. 3, Placing Concrete | 2 |
| 416 | Draft Tube No 3 | 3 |
| 417 | Draft Tube Showing Bell & Reinforcing Rods | 3 |
| 418 | Rods Around Penstock Forms in Block 85 | 3 |
| 420 | Spillway Section | 3 |
| 421 | No Description | 3 |
| 427 | No Description | 4 |
| 499 | Spillway Section Pier 10 South | 4 |
| 533 | No Description | 4 |
| 534 | No Description | 4 |
| 537 | No Description | 4 |
| 538 | No Description | 5 |
| 546 | Railway Tracks under Bluff Side South | 5 |
| 547 | Powerhouse Section Showing Cones in Unit 6,7,8 and Con Forms in Unit 10, 11,12 | 5 |
| 548 | No Description | 5 |
| 549 | No Description | 5 |
| 550 | No Description | 6 |
| 554 | First Stage of Construction on Bell Form | 6 |
| 558 | No Description | 6 |
| 559 | Draft Tube Section South Side | 6 |
| 560 | Bell Form for Draft Tube & 12 | 6 |
| 561 | Spillway Section | 7 |
| 562 | Spillway Section | 7 |
| 566 | No Description | 7 |
| 588 | No Description | 7 |
| 597 | No Description | 7 |
| 598 | No Description | 8 |
| 600 | No Description | 8 |
| 601 | No Description | 8 |
| 602 | South Side of Powerhouse | 8 |
| 603 | South Side of Powerhouse | 8 |
| 615 | No Description | 9 |
| 616 | No Description | 9 |
| 617 | No Description | 9 |
| 618 | No Description | 9 |
| 619 | No Description | 9 |
| 620 | No Description | 10 |
| 621 | No Description | 10 |
| 625 | No Description | 10 |
| 628 | No Description | 10 |
| 643-1 | No Description | 10 |
| 643-2 | No Description | 11 |
| 645 | Coffer %3 from Powerhouse Floor | 11 |
| 646 | Draft Tube Unit #12 | 11 |
| 647 | Coffer #6 Concrete Mixer Tube from Unit #5 | 11 |
| 648 | Looking North from South Bank | 11 |
| 650 | Sluice Section | 12 |
| 651 | Gantry Crane & Powerhouse | 12 |
| 657 | Head Gate Recess Unit #2 Penstock #1 | 12 |
| 658 | Draft Tube Section Powerhouse from Top of Form Unit #4 | 12 |
| 659 | Foundation Spillway Draft Coffer #5 | 12 |
| 660 | River Bed Below Coffer #6 | 13 |
| 661 | Draft Tube Unite #1 | 13 |
| 663 | Placing Granite Blocks Sluice Section | 13 |
| 665 | Excavation Coffer #5 | 13 |
| 666 | Looking North Coffer #5 | 13 |
| 879 | Partition Casting for Draft Tube #1 | 14 |
| 881 | Spillway Section | 14 |
| 882 | Powerhouse Section South-End of Draft Tube Section | 14 |
| 883 | Powerhouse Section Concrete Pier for Support Forms for Draft Tube #1 | 14 |
| 884 | Concrete Forms Scroll Cases Unit #3 & 4 | 14 |
| 893 | Excavation for Roadway on South Bluff | 15 |
| 894 | Excavation for Switch House & Retaining Wall on South Bend | 15 |
| 895 | Excavation for Switch House & Retaining Wall on South Bend | 15 |
| 896 | Sluice & Powerhouse Section Upstream Side | 15 |
| 902 | Arch Forms over Downstream End of Sluice Pipe | 15 |
| 904 | Draft Tube Sector at Northend | 16 |
| 905 | Tail Race Excavation at Northend | 16 |
| 909 | Discharge Through Grillage Water at EL 422.5 | 16 |
| 911 | Temperature Control at Block 62 | 16 |
| 915 | Concrete Over Downstream End of Sluice Pipe | 16 |
| 897 | Coffer #5 | 17 |
| 916 | Casting for Roller Track for Regulating Gate | 17 |
| 917 | Side Seal Casting for Regulating Gates | 17 |
| 917A | Terry Crane Truck & Gearing | 17 |
| 917B | Terry Crane Truck & Saddle | 17 |
| 921 | No Description | 18 |
| 930 | No Description | 18 |
| 931 | No Description | 18 |
| 932 | No Description | 18 |
| 933 | No Description | 18 |
| 934 | No Description | 19 |
| 935 | No Description | 19 |
| 936 | No Description | 19 |
| 937 | No Description | 19 |
| 938 | No Description | 19 |
| 939 | No Description | 20 |
| 942 | No Description | 20 |
| 943 | No Description | 20 |
| 944 | No Description | 20 |
| 947 | No Description | 20 |
| 948 | No Description | 21 |
| 949 | No Description | 21 |
| 952 | No Description | 21 |
| 953 | No Description | 21 |
| 955 | No Description | 21 |
| 957 | No Description | 22 |
| 959 | No Description | 22 |
| 960 | No Description | 22 |
| 961 | No Description | 22 |
| 964 | No Description | 22 |
| 966 | No Description | 23 |
| 968 | No Description | 23 |
| 969 | No Description | 23 |
| 970 | No Description | 23 |
| 971 | No Description | 23 |
| 972 | No Description | 24 |
| 972B | No Description | 24 |
| 973 | No Description | 24 |
| 973B | No Description | 24 |
| 975 | No Description | 24 |
| 976 | No Description | 25 |
| 978 | No Description | 25 |
| 979 | No Description | 25 |
| 980 | No Description | 25 |
| 981 | No Description | 25 |
| 981A | No Description | 26 |
| 982 | No Description | 26 |
| 983 | No Description | 26 |
| 984 | No Description | 26 |
| 987 | No Description | 26 |
| 988 | No Description | 27 |
| 989 | No Description | 27 |
| 990 | No Description | 27 |
| 990 | No Description | 27 |
| 991 | No Description | 27 |
| 992 | No Description | 27 |
| 998 | No Description | 28 |
| 999 | No Description | 28 |
| 1000 | No Description | 28 |
| 1000A | No Description | 28 |
| 1002 | No Description | 28 |
| 1004 | No Description | 29 |
| 1005 | No Description | 29 |
| 1006 | No Description | 29 |
| 1007 | No Description | 29 |
| 1007A | No Description | 29 |
| 1008 | No Description | 30 |
| 1009 | No Description | 30 |
| 1009A | No Description | 30 |
| 1009B | No Description | 30 |
| 1010 | No Description | 30 |
| 1011 | No Description | 31 |
| 1012 | No Description | 31 |
| 1013 | No Description | 31 |
| 1014 | No Description | 31 |
| 1016 | No Description | 31 |
| 1017 | No Description | 32 |
| 1019A | No Description | 32 |
| 1019B | No Description | 32 |
| 1019C | No Description | 32 |
| 1019D | No Description | 32 |
| 1020 | No Description | 33 |
| 1021 | No Description | 33 |
| 1022 | No Description | 33 |
| 1023 | No Description | 33 |
| 1070 | No Description | 33 |
| 1071 | No Description | 34 |
| 1072 | No Description | 34 |
| 1073 | No Description | 34 |
| 1074 | No Description | 34 |
| 1076 | No Description | 35 |
| 1080 | No Description | 35 |
| 1081 | No Description | 35 |
| 1082 | No Description | 35 |
| 1083 | No Description | 35 |
| 1084 | No Description | 36 |
| 1085 | No Description | 36 |
| 1086 | No Description | 36 |
| 1087 | No Description | 36 |
| 1089 | No Description | 36 |
| 1075 | No Description | 34 |
| 1090 | No Description | 37 |
| 1091 | No Description | 37 |
| 1092 | No Description | 37 |
| 1093 | No Description | 37 |
| 1094 | No Description | 37 |
| 1096 | Wilson Powerhouse Section Status of Rock Excavation | 38 |
| 1098 | No Description | 38 |
| 1100 | Spilled Section | 38 |
| 1101 | Powerhouse Showing Stop Logs in Place in Penstock of Auxiliary Units | 38 |
| 1102 | Powerhouse Section Showing Stop Log in Place of Mail Units | 38 |
| 1103 | Upstream Arches | 39 |
| 1105 | No Description | 39 |
| 1107 | Concrete Removed for Repairs | 39 |
| 1107A | Concrete Removed for Repairs | 39 |
| 1107B | Concrete Removed for Repairs | 39 |
| 1107C | Concrete Removed for Repairs | 40 |
| 1108 | Spillway Section General View from North Bank | 40 |
| 1109 | Powerhouse Section Rock Excavation for Roadway Wall | 40 |
| 1110 | Erection of Gantry Crane | 40 |
| 1111 | Form Erection | 40 |
| 1112 | Retaining Wall for Switch House | 41 |
| 1113 | No Description | 41 |
| 1114 | Concrete Placed in Two Blocks of Roadway | 41 |
| 1115 | General View of Dam from Upstream | 41 |
| 1116 | Erection of Roof Trusses | 41 |
| 1119 | General View of Downstream Side of Powerhouse | 42 |
| 1123 | Concrete & Forms Extension | 42 |
| 1124 | Last Arch Form in Spillway Section Block | 42 |
| 1125 | Upstream View of Powerhouse | 42 |
| 1126 | General View from Top of Dam 13 Sluiceway Opened | 42 |
| 1127 | Reinforcing of Powerhouse Concrete Roof | 43 |
| 1127A | Reinforcing of Powerhouse Concrete Roof | 43 |
| 1128 | General View of Upstream Side | 43 |
| 1129 | General View of Upstream Side | 43 |
| 1130 | Last Arch for Roadway Over Dam | 43 |
| 1131 | Sluiceway Section Showing Accumulation of Drift Over Grillage | 44 |
| 1132 | Spillway Arch Center | 44 |
| 1133 | Placing Reinforcing Steel Around Displacement Tanks | 44 |
| 1134 | Steel Template Used for Lining Up Regulating Gate | 44 |
| 1135 | Steel Template Used in Setting Regulating Gate | 44 |
| 1137 | Showing Extension for Concrete Extension Below Dam | 45 |
| 1138 | Methods of Placing Concrete in Recess Lift in Dam | 45 |
| 1139 | Forms Erected for Section B Apron Extension | 45 |
| 1140 | General View of Powerhouse | 45 |
| 1141 | Forms in Generator Lead Tower | 45 |
| 1142 | Concrete Roof Over Powerhouse | 46 |
| 1143 | Pit Section General View | 46 |
| 1144 | First Arch Centers for Powerhouse Set in Unit 2 | 46 |
| 1145 | Forms & Reinforcing Steel for Switchhouse Floor | 46 |
| 1146 | General View of Downstream Side | 46 |
| 1147 | Spillway Section Showing Last Arch Poured | 47 |
| 1148 | Forms Partially Removed from Structure | 47 |
| 1150 | Concrete Roof over Powerhouse | 47 |
| 1151 | Forms for Structure | 47 |
| 1741 | No Description | 47 |