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- Loch Raven Dam, Baltimore, Maryland, 1940-1945 -
- 1940-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Loch Raven Dam, Baltimore, Maryland, 1940-1945
- Lithograph by Currier & Ives, "The Roadside Mill," 1870 -
- 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Lithograph by Currier & Ives, "The Roadside Mill," 1870
- 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
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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.
- 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
- Brochure, "Garrison Dam on the Missouri," circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
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Brochure, "Garrison Dam on the Missouri," circa 1950
- The Columbia Basin Project, 1950 -
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
The Columbia Basin Project, 1950
- "Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington," 1949 -
- 1949
- Collections - Artifact
"Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington," 1949
- Dam at Phoenixville, Connecticut, circa 1908 -
- February 01, 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Dam at Phoenixville, Connecticut, circa 1908