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Image ID #25020
Image ID: 25020
Subjects: Civil engineering; Construction workers; Dam construction; Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Rivers
Place: Cumberland River (Tenn.)
Description: Construction of the Lock and Dam No. 1 just above Nashville, River Mile 188.4, first of nine locks constructed on the Cumberland River to secure a 6-foot channel upstream to Wartsboro Shoal at River Mile 324.6--
Date: 10/18/1909
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Collection: Dept. of Conservation Photograph Collection
Historical Note: Lock & Dam No. 1 was a stone masonry lock and timber crib dam, with a concrete cap. Dimensions were 52x280 ft., and placed in operation 18 October 1909, at a cost of $373, 590. The project was eliminated with the filling of the Cheatham Project.
Series: Waterways
Photographer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Format: Photographic print
Accession No.: RG 82
File Location: Box 76, File 21