This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

Original caption reads: Eight outdoor-type generators feature TVA's Wheeler Dam (1933-1936) on the Tennessee River, approximately 16 miles upstream from Wilson Dam, in north Alabama. The dam is 72 feet high, 6,342 feet long.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

Original caption reads: A section of TVA's experimental fertilizer plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is shown here. This is the largest plant of its kind owned by the Government. TVA seeks to develop new fertilizers that will prove more economical to the farmer as applied to the soil. It has developed highly concentrated phosphatic materials. TVA also produces ammonium nitrate, and other materials.

Original caption reads: About 5,000,000 persons visit TVA dams and steam plants every year from all states and from foreign countries. TVA Public Safety Service officers explain the operation of the plants to the visitors.

Show dams and waterways in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia.

Original caption reads: The Kingston Steam Plant now under construction on Watts Bar Lake, two miles northeast of Kingston, Tennessee, has nine generating units with combined rated capacity of 1,440,000 kw and a combined capability of 1,600,000 kw. The plant, at 80 percent load factor, will burn more than 4,000,000 tons of coals in a year. The plant is the country's largest steam station.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

Original caption reads: The freight on this 12 barge tow originated in Ohio, Pennsylania, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. The tow consisted of seven barges coal, one of coke, two of grain, one of steel, and one of fuel oil. It was largest tow ever handled on the Tennessee River. More than 400 freight cars would have been required to haul the 21,500 tons handled by the tow. Photo shows tow near site of TVA's Colbert Steam Plant, Alabama.

Original caption reads: Aerial view of Fontana Dam in the Great Smoky Mountains near Knoxville. The Dam is 480 feet high, 2,365 feet long, and forms a lake of 10,670 acres.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.

This collection houses photographs that Robert Coe took of various TVA projects in the 1940s in addition to several graphs and maps.