Hydroelectric Power Collection

Missouri River, below Great Falls, Montana, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Missouri River, below Great Falls, Montana, c1897. Named by William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805, most water is now diverted to a hydroelectric plant at the Ryan Dam

Roosevelt Dam, Arizona - Salt River Project of Bureau of Reclamation, Dedication Scene, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Roosevelt Dam, Arizona - Salt River Project of Bureau of Reclamation, Dedication Scene, 1912. Dam named after President Theodore Roosevelt, serving mainly for irrigation, water supply

Minidoka Project - U.S. Reclamation Bureau. Minidoka Dam, One Mile Long...Idaho, 1912 Creator: Harris & Ewing
Minidoka Project - U.S. Reclamation Bureau. Minidoka Dam, One Mile Long. Power Plant in Distance, Minidoka, Idaho, 1912

Alternators made in Budapest, Hungary, in the power generating hall of a... between 1905-1915
Alternators made in Hungary, in the power generating hall of a hydroelectric station in Iolotan on the Murghab River, between 1905 and 1915. Factory Interior with Electrical Generators

Saint Paul dam in Deviatiny [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Saint Paul dam in Deviatiny [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early

Eight generator units in the generator room of a new... Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. 1942
Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to TVAs hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator... Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. 1942
Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVAs hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala

Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant

Generator hall of the powerhouse, Chickamauga Dam, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Generator hall of the powerhouse, Chickamauga Dam, Tenn. The dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, has an authorized power installation of 81, 000 kw

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide... Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. 1942
Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVAs hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn

Transmission line towers and high tension lines that... Wilson Dam... near Sheffield, Ala. 1942
Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala

Tightening a nut on a guide vane operating seromotor in TVA s... Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee, 1942
Tightening a nut on a guide vane operating seromotor in TVAs hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Switchyard at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Switchyard at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala. 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Section of one of the switchyards from which high... Wilson Dam... Sheffield vicinity, Ala. 1942
Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry current generated at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, Sheffield vicinity, Ala

Transformer at TVAs Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Transformer at TVAs Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga, Tenn

Switch yard at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Switch yard at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala. 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Central tower from which cable buckets carry materials used in... of Shasta dam, CA, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Central tower from which cable buckets carry materials used in the construction of Shasta dam, California

Shasta dam under construction, California, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Shasta dam under construction, California

Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVAs Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVAs Chickamauga Dam, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVAs Chickamauga Dam, near Chattanooga, Tenn

Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, c1930s. Construction of the Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River began in 1918 and was completed in 1924 under Hugh L

Breakwater, Ramapo, 1874. Creator: A. Measom
Breakwater, Ramapo, 1874. Dam on the Ramapo, a tributary of the Pompton River, northern New Jersey, USA....the Ramapo River, a stream which finds its way between high hills

Goulburn Weir, Wahring, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Goulburn Weir, Wahring, 1901. Goulburn Weir built c1887-1891 across the Goulburn River was the first major diversion structure built for irrigation development in Australia

Genesee Falls, Rochester, N. Y. c1897. Creator: Unknown
Genesee Falls, Rochester, N.Y. c1897. The Pont De Rennes bridge over one of three waterfalls on the Genesee River, used to power industry with falling water

Spokane Falls, Washington, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Spokane Falls, Washington, c1897.The Monroe Street Dam was completed in 1890, and was the first dam built on the Spokane River

Air View of Saluda Dam showing Lake Murray, S. C. 1942. Creator: Unknown
Air View of Saluda Dam showing Lake Murray, S.C. 1942. From " Souvenir of the Beautiful Carolinas". [Curt Teich & Co. Chicago, 1942]

Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York State, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York State, USA, c1900. The High Falls on the Genesee River powered Rochesters industrial development. The falls continue to provide hydroelectric power

Stornoway Water Wheel, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. This water wheel is part of a restored watermill originally built in 1816 but destroyed by fire in 1890

The Boulder Dam, USA, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station, USSR, 1970s. Built on the Yenisei River in southern Siberia, the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectic plant is the sixth largest hydrolectric plant in the world

Reservoir near Ain Draham, Tunisia

Hydroelectric power station near Tashkent, at that point in the USSR

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