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Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam in Tennessee

Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam in Tennessee; dams helped hydroelectric plants get more power out of the flowing water

CREDIT: Palmer, Alfred T. photographer. "Carpenter at Work on Douglas Dam (TVA), Tennessee." June 1942. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI Collection 1939-1945. American Memory collections, Library of Congress.



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