Dams

Snapshot of a Douglas fir tree in the path of the claimant's ditch on a mining claim in an Oregon forest. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Snapshot showing the lower side of the dam shown in photo 2004-130. The dam is clogged with brush and debris. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Snapshot of the upper side of a claimant's dam on a mining claim in Oregon. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Snapshot of dam and diversion ditch in a forested area of a mining claim in Oregon. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Air view of Wilson Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority's navigation and hydroelectric project on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Four turbine generator casings (in foreground) at the Wheeler Dam on the Tennessee River in Northern Alabama. A motor road crosses on the highest level of Wheeler Dam at the right.

Electric furnace found at Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River. Here one unidentified man works.

Waters of the Tennessee River pouring through the spillway at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Chickamauga Dam which was complete early in 1940.

President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks with General Lewis A. Pick (right), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on a causeway at the top of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) talks with General Lewis A. Pick (third from right), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on a causeway at the top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. Anna Dostert can be seen in the background holding on to her hat. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.