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FDR’s statement at the dedication of the Norris Dam
March 4, 1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
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FDR pressing the key to the Norris Dam
March 4, 1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
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#OTD in 1936
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‘President opens Norris Dam. Washington, DC. President Roosevelt presses the gold key in the White House which gave the signal in #Norris, #Tennessee for the lowering of the sluice gates which placed the #NorrisDam in operation.’
Photo by #HarrisandEwing
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helps control seasonal floods on the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, aids navigation in months of low flow and provides for the incidental production of electric power.’ #FDRLibrary
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Photograph by Lewis Hine. 23 November 1933.
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homes and lands, and with the still very distinctive folkways of the region.
‘Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury, Loyston, Tennessee, at her spinning wheel.’ 23 November, 1933
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#OTD in 1933 sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) at work for the #TennesseeValleyAuthority as the #TVA begins its 1st major construction project, the #NorrisDam on the #ClinchRiver, documents another of the numerous TVA-related #CivilianConservationCorps Camps:
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above Norris Dam’ 17 Nov. 1933
Sociologist & #photographer #LewisHine (1874-1940) for the #TennesseeValleyAuthority (#TVA) as it begins its first major construction project, the #NorrisDam on the #ClinchRiver.
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the Clinch River.
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Photograph by #LewisHine (1874-1940). November 8, 1933.
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‘E. H. Elam ... making personal interviews at Stiner's Store, Lead Mine Bend, Tennessee, with applicants for work on Norris Dam.
The group in the background are seeing who can pull up the most weight on the scales.’
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Sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it begins its first major construction project, the Norris Dam on the Clinch River.
November 8, 1933
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3 November 1933
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Pouring_the_first_batch_of_concrete_for_Crib_%5E1_on_the_heavy_duty_construction_bridge_at_Norris_Dam_site,_just_below..._-_NARA_-_532708.jpg
Claude Schaffner, John H. Glandon, Henry B. Comer, and Esco Rogers’
1 November, 1933
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#OTD 1933
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Sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the #TennesseeValleyAuthority (#TVA) as it begins its first major construction project, the #NorrisDam on the Clinch River:
‘Pouring the first batch of concrete for Crib #1 on the heavy duty construction bridge ➡️
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October 27, 1933, as it undertakes its first major construction project, the Norris Dam on the Clinch River.
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construction project, the #NorrisDam on the Clinch River.
22 October 1933
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#OTD in 1933: #TVA - 1
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‘Rear view of the McHaffie homestead at Powell Station, Route #1, #KnoxCounty #Tennessee’
Sociologist and photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the #TennesseeValleyAuthority as it begins its 1st major construction project, the #NorrisDam.
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#OTD in 1958
The Old Mill located in the Norris Dam State Park near Lake City, Tennessee. Photo 20 August 1958.
Transferred by the #TVA from the area to be inundated by the its #NorrisDam, restoration work by the #CCC (#CivilianConservationCorps) Boys in the 1930s.
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to as much of the population as possible with that of private companies like those already serving some portions of the Tennessee Valley.
The results gave a clear answer.
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Guide explains the hydroelectric capabilities of the norris dam on the Clinch River in Tennessee.
👇the Visitors’ Center next to the Power House - note, again, the stylish lettering
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👇Power House doors to Generator Hall
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#OTD in 1936
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The #TennesseeValleyAuthority (#TVA) built the #NorrisDam on the Clinch River for flood control & river navigation and to help provide hydroelectric power for the region.
Construction began Oct. 1, 1933; the dam began operations July 28, 1936.
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#OTD in 1935
Work was well underway on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Norris Dam - its first major project - at the time of this photograph on July 22, 1935.
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This old grist mill, once located in the reservoir area behind the TVA's #NorrisDam, was rebuilt near the highway a short distance from the dam. Restoration work was done by the #CCC in cooperation with the #TVA.
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Photos: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 image from https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-henry-varnum-poor-fresco-washington-dc/ 27.5.21
Electrification as justice
Details, including, above, the #TVA’s #NorrisDam; and, below, a #generator & related newspaper headlines. Poor, too, won his commission from the #TreasurySectionofFineArts, with a certain percentage of the cost of federal buildings devoted to art.
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FDR’s statement at the dedication of the Norris Dam. March 4, 1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
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