Title: TVA Photographs of the Building of Norris Dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps

Date/Date Range :   1934 January 24-1934 April 7

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of eight Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) photographs that show the building of Norris Dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

Call number: MS-3004

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Purchased by Special Collections, December 17, 2006.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], TVA Photographs of the Building of Norris Dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps, MS-3004. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder.

President Roosevelt revitalized the widespread unemployment and economic depression in the United States with several measures, including the Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Act, more commonly known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

The Tennessee Valley Authority began construction of Norris Dam in 1933, and completed it 1936. Norris Lake is the largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River, with 809 miles of shoreline and 33,840 acres of water surface. The dam is 265 feet high and stretches 1,860 feet across the Clinch River.

This collection consists of eight Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) photographs that show the building of Norris Dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Each photo is an original print taken in 1934 by Moore Photo of Washington, D.C. The photographs include pictures of:

Important erosion dams adjacent to Norris Dam built by CCC under TVA supervision, 1934,

An old mill wheel in action, 1934,

The #18 Civilian Conservation Corps group photo, 1934,

Filling in behind huge abutment, Norris Dam, January 24, 1934,

Work progressing on Norris Dam, February 3, 1934,

Norris Dam as it looked on February 5, 1934,

Looking down on camp from opposite mountain, April 1934,

The Civilian Conservation Corps Officers in Tazewell, Tenn., April 7, 1934.

• Tennessee Valley Authority -- History.
• Tennessee Valley Authority -- Pictorial works.
• Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
• Norris Dam (Tenn.)