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- Lithograph by Currier & Ives, "The Roadside Mill," 1870 -
- 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Lithograph by Currier & Ives, "The Roadside Mill," 1870
- Loch Raven Dam, Baltimore, Maryland, 1940-1945 -
- 1940-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Loch Raven Dam, Baltimore, Maryland, 1940-1945
- Dam and Powerhouse at Fair Lane, Home of Henry Ford, 1913-1914 - Fair Lane, Henry and Clara Ford's estate on the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan, included its own hydroelectric power plant. The four-story powerhouse, built of the same limestone as the mansion, contained two turbines driven by water diverted from a dam on the river. The turbines turned generators that produced 110 kilowatts of electricity.
- 1913-1914
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Dam and Powerhouse at Fair Lane, Home of Henry Ford, 1913-1914
Fair Lane, Henry and Clara Ford's estate on the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan, included its own hydroelectric power plant. The four-story powerhouse, built of the same limestone as the mansion, contained two turbines driven by water diverted from a dam on the river. The turbines turned generators that produced 110 kilowatts of electricity.
- Ford Lake Dam and Powerhouse, Rawsonville, Michigan, June 1936 - Henry Ford built a dam on the Huron River at Rawsonville, Michigan, in 1931-1932. The dam and resulting Ford Lake reservoir were part of a hydroelectric plant that supplied power to a nearby Ford Motor Company plant. The dam and reservoir were given to the nearby city of Ypsilanti in 1969. Today Ford Lake is popular for boating and fishing.
- June 03, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Lake Dam and Powerhouse, Rawsonville, Michigan, June 1936
Henry Ford built a dam on the Huron River at Rawsonville, Michigan, in 1931-1932. The dam and resulting Ford Lake reservoir were part of a hydroelectric plant that supplied power to a nearby Ford Motor Company plant. The dam and reservoir were given to the nearby city of Ypsilanti in 1969. Today Ford Lake is popular for boating and fishing.
- Mack Model AC Dump Truck with Concrete Mixers at Hoover Dam Construction Site, 1933 - Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, five years later. In 1922, the company renamed itself Mack Trucks and chose a bulldog as its mascot. Mack-built trucks were widely used in the construction of Hoover Dam, located on the Colorado River. Work on the dam started in 1931 and was completed in 1936.
- November 01, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Mack Model AC Dump Truck with Concrete Mixers at Hoover Dam Construction Site, 1933
Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, five years later. In 1922, the company renamed itself Mack Trucks and chose a bulldog as its mascot. Mack-built trucks were widely used in the construction of Hoover Dam, located on the Colorado River. Work on the dam started in 1931 and was completed in 1936.
- General Cable Corporation Cables, 1935-1938 -
- 1935-1938
- Collections - Artifact
General Cable Corporation Cables, 1935-1938
- Henry Ford Building a Dam with Leonard and Raymond Firestone and Others, Columbiana County, Ohio, August 1918 - Henry Ford watched as Leonard and Raymond Firestone, sons of tire magnate and Ford confidant Harvey Firestone, built a dam of stones with their friends. No doubt the boys' project reminded Ford of his own youthful exploits. As a schoolboy, Ford once dammed a small stream -- to the dismay of the farmer whose potato field he flooded.
- August 17, 1918
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Henry Ford Building a Dam with Leonard and Raymond Firestone and Others, Columbiana County, Ohio, August 1918
Henry Ford watched as Leonard and Raymond Firestone, sons of tire magnate and Ford confidant Harvey Firestone, built a dam of stones with their friends. No doubt the boys' project reminded Ford of his own youthful exploits. As a schoolboy, Ford once dammed a small stream -- to the dismay of the farmer whose potato field he flooded.
- Brochure, "Garrison Dam on the Missouri," circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Brochure, "Garrison Dam on the Missouri," circa 1950
- Souvenir Viewbook, "Boulder Dam," 1935 - What's better than receiving a postcard from a vacationing friend? How about a souvenir viewbook with multiple images that fold neatly into a postcard-sized packet? This viewbook contains eighteen images and information about Boulder Dam. Tourists traveled to see this engineering marvel beginning in the 1930s soon after its completion. The dam was later rechristened Hoover Dam.
- 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir Viewbook, "Boulder Dam," 1935
What's better than receiving a postcard from a vacationing friend? How about a souvenir viewbook with multiple images that fold neatly into a postcard-sized packet? This viewbook contains eighteen images and information about Boulder Dam. Tourists traveled to see this engineering marvel beginning in the 1930s soon after its completion. The dam was later rechristened Hoover Dam.
- "Barton Dam, Ann Arbor, Michigan," 1914 -
- 1914
- Collections - Artifact
"Barton Dam, Ann Arbor, Michigan," 1914