Wilson Dam and Locks, Muscle Shoals Area, Ala.
This was the first T. V. A. Dam and was begun in 1918 as a Government project to produce military explosives. The T. V. A. has developed the Tennessee River for power, flood control, and navigation with a series of dams and locks giving a 9' navigable depth for 630 miles from Paducah, Ky. to Kn...
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This was the first T. V. A. Dam and was begun in 1918 as a Government project to produce military explosives. The T. V. A. has developed the Tennessee River for power, flood control, and navigation with a series of dams and locks giving a 9' navigable depth for 630 miles from Paducah, Ky. to Knoxville, Tenn. |
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Wilson Dam and Locks, Muscle Shoals Area, Ala.Bodies of waterBusiness & industryDamsRiversWilson Dam (Ala.)Tennessee River (Ala.)This was the first T. V. A. Dam and was begun in 1918 as a Government project to produce military explosives. The T. V. A. has developed the Tennessee River for power, flood control, and navigation with a series of dams and locks giving a 9' navigable depth for 630 miles from Paducah, Ky. to Knoxville, Tenn.Still Imagepostcards398c30d8-1b76-4a9f-bf6c-ae960b727bc7https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/19067https://images.quartexcollections.com/samford/thumbnails/preview/398c30d8-1b76-4a9f-bf6c-ae960b727bc7p-od002403English1960-1969This digital image is the property of the Samford University Library and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Special Collection, Samford University Library. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this or other images in this collection, please contact the Samford University Special Collection department at scdept@samford.edu. |
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Wilson Dam and Locks, Muscle Shoals Area, Ala. |
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