66278(34) | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Photo ID:
66278(34)
Date:
June 1942
Description:
Original caption reads: "A negro bucket man at TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600-acre reservoir area extending 43 miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kw. of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kw. in the average year."
Repository:
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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