TENNESSEE - 1942 - Cranes are used to move lumber onto a wooden structure at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Water flows at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - African-American workers pump and shovel water at the Douglas Dam construction site.
1945 - Oak Ridge, Tennessee becomes home to a huge atomic bomb plant, drawing wartime workers which increases housing and helps the economy.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - A construction crane is used on a bridge at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Men use rafts and ropes to traverse the French Broad River as the Douglas Dam is constructed on its banks.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Aerial view of the French Broad River Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Tilt up the Douglas Dam construction site where cranes and dump trucks are being used.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Panorama of wooden structures and water at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Men work on a water tower at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Men put up a telephone pole at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Mechanical shovels are used on the riverbanks of the French Broad River for the Douglas Dam.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Men tend to an overheated machine at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - The Douglas Dam construction site sits on the riverbanks of the French Broad River in Tennessee.
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TENNESSEE - 1970s - Dams and lakes on the Tennessee River are being filled to full summer levels. Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Bob Shelton talks about the flood season.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Aerial view of power shovels and tractors being used at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Water pours into a reservoir at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Views of the French Broad River, the future site of the Douglas Dam.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - A mechanical shovel is used to move giant rocks at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Panorama of the French Broad River, where the Douglas Dam is being constructed.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - A tractor is used at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1970s - A huge dam on the Tennessee River being filled with water from reservoir. TVA Chief Bob Shelton explains how tributary lakes depends on spring rain.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Aerial panorama of the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - An earthmover is used at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - A construction crane moves water at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Water flows downwards in a carefully controlled direction at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Aerial view of mechanical shovels and tractors working together at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Aerial view of tractors and water pumps being used at the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Panorama of men at work on the Douglas Dam construction site.
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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Men start building a wooden structure at the Douglas Dam construction site.