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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Title: | Tennessee Valley Authority Collection of Photographs, 1923 - 1938 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | Tennessee Valley Authority Collection of photographs includes twenty-eight photographs taken of Wheeler Dam, Pickwick Dam, Wilson Dam, machinery, turbine rooms, workers' homes, and other aspects concerning the Tennessee Valley Authority. Most photographs are not dated. The dated photographs are labeled either 1923 or 1938. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority illustrates, through black and white photographs, the Tennessee Valley Authority's machinery, dams and worker's home from the early twentieth century. | |
| Extent: | 0.01 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Tennessee Valley Authority Collection of Photographs, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
The collection was originally cataloged as a closed collection material before 1998. The source and donation/purchase date are unknown.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, 2000
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, March 2005
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was the most important New Deal agency for the Appalachian Region. Established in 1933, the TVA provided electricity to the rural Tennessee Valley through the flooding of the nation's fifth largest river, the Tennessee River, through the construction of eight dams. This government funded projected cost $300 million. As a result, electricity within the TVA region increased from 3% to 90% within 22 years.
Tennessee Valley Authority Collection of photographs includes twenty-eight photographs taken of Wheeler Dam, Pickwick Dam, Wilson Dam, machinery, turbine rooms, workers' homes, and other aspects concerning the Tennessee Valley Authority. Most photographs are not dated. The dated photographs are labeled either 1923 or 1938.
| Construction workers -- Housing -- Alabama -- Pickwick Landing Dam -- Photographs |
| Construction workers -- Housing -- Alabama -- Wheeler Dam -- Photographs |
| Construction workers -- Housing -- Alabama -- Wilson Dam (Muscle Shoals) -- Photographs |
| Flood dams and reservoirs -- Alabama -- Photographs |
| Pickwick Landing Dam (Ala.) -- Photographs |
| Tennessee Valley Authority -- Photographs |
| Turbine pumps -- Photographs |
| Wheeler Lake (Ala.) -- Photographs |
| Wilson Dam (Muscle Shoals, Ala.) -- Photographs |
| Collection 118. Tennessee Valley Authority Collection of Papers. (1923 - 1938) | |||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 photographs | ||||||||
