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Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 k from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Smoke stack of TVA chemical plant where elemental phosphorus is made, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (LOC)
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- Sky Limit Images said:
Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 k
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cotinis said:
I'm not sure why the [sic], perhaps it is it for "stator"? Quoting Wikipedia: The stator is the stationary part of an electric generator or electric motor. The non-stationary part on an electric motor is the rotor. The stator is indeed what is shown here, as far as I can tell.
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Hans Ruijter⚡️ said:
excellent shot!
TVA chemical plant, electric furnace loaded with phosphate, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (LOC)
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Arden said:
louisperkins20: We are glad you are enjoying these photographs. We have not colorized or enhanced the images which were digitized from original Kodachrome color transparencies. Take a look under "Technical information" in our FAQ for more details: www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_pilot_faq.html#alter You can also read more about FSA/OWI color photographs here: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsac/background.html and in a Library of Congress book, "Bound for Glory": www.loc.gov/wiseguide/jun04/glory.html
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Hans-Joachim Paape said:
Interessant !!!!!
[Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama] (LOC)
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notsambass said:
Is this one of the two Nitrate plans built in Muscle Shoals as part of the Muscle Shoals Project authorized under the National Defense Act of 1916 and later rolled into the TVA?
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glistening mine said:
what a wonderful shot!
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macb said:
I think this was an early conceptualization of the Internet.
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Bryson DeJong said:
Indeed, its a series of tubes.
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Nick said:
wow, great shot!