planned and organized by the #ArmyCorpsofEngineers. The previous photo was not published; this one was, with the caption: ‘One-fourth of the Missouri River will run through this steel “liner.”’
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Here a worker is welding parts together to make one of the cutting heads of the dredges that actually digs into the sediment to be pumped to form the dam.
into a large-format weekly, the first to rely largely on excellent photography. Featured in that debut was photographer Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), her subject the construction of the #FortPeckDam in Montana, a colossal project of the #PublicWorksAdministration (#PWA) ➡️
Fort Peck Theatre seen in 1936 Image from Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, *Fort Peck Dam. 75 Years of Service* (2012) p.40
#OTD in 1934
Opening of the Fort Peck Theatre
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The #FortPeckDam on the #MissouriRiver in Montana, funded by the #PWA (#PublicWorksAdministration) and planned & executed by the #ArmyCorpsofEngineers, was the single most challenging & complex project undertaken by #theNewDeal.
‘The slide took the lives of 8 men on September 22, 1938. Fort Peck Dam, Fort Peck, Montana.’
#FortPeckDam #Montana #PWA #PublicWorksAdministration #NewDeal #ArmyCorpsOfEngineers
‘From a photo made by my father , Robert A. Midthun, when he worked as assistant project photographer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the construction of Fort Peck Dam.’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Peck_Dam
#OTD in 1938
The #FortPeckDam during construction before the disastrous slide of September 22, 1938, which occurred at the far eastern end, located top center in this image. June 29, 1938.
#USACOE photo Robert A. Midthun
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#OTD in 1941
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‘Fort Peck Dam powerhouse scroll cases. [One] of the Fort Peck Dam hydroelectric #powerhouse units with the first and second scroll cases in place, May 12, 1941’
Construction of the #FortPeckDam, by the #ArmyCorpsOfEngineers, in #Montana (1933-1940), the most ➡️
The first issue of LIFE Magazine November 23, 1936
Fort Peck Dam in Montana
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