The Robert Pearson Collection: Dam Construction Photos

 600 dpi    

72 dpi

15 Mile Falls on the Connecticut River that splits Vermont and New Hampshire.  Built 1930

600 dpi

72 dpi

Hinsdale, NH date on card 190X
600 dpi

72 dpi

Hinsdale, NH
600 dpi

72 dpi

Hinsdale, NH
600 dpi

72 dpi

North Monroe, NH date unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

North Monroe, NH date unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Dam construction - unknown location or date.
600 dpi

72 dpi

Hauser dam near Helena Montana
600 dpi

72 dpi

Dam near Polson Montana raising Flathead Lake
600 dpi

72 dpi

Power House and dam near Missoula Montana
600 dpi

72 dpi

Roosevelt Dam
600 dpi

72 dpi

Spokane Water Works, Spokane, WA
600 dpi

72 dpi

Arrow Rock Dam, Idaho
600 dpi

72 dpi

Unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Ford Dam between Saint Paul and Minneapolis MN.  Used by the Ford Motor Co to supply electricity to the Saint Paul Ford plant.
600 dpi

72 dpi

Aswan Dam, Nile River.  Built in 1889-1902 by the British to provide increased capacity for irrigation water.
600 dpi

72 dpi

Aswan Dam, Nile River
600 dpi

72 dpi

Aswan Dam, Nile River
600 dpi

72 dpi

Aswan Dam, Nile River
600 dpi

72 dpi

Construction of the Keokuk dam on the Mississippi river at Keokuk, Iowa.  At the time is was completed in 1913, the Keokuk dam was one of the largest hydro-electric plants in the world.
600 dpi

72 dpi

Powerhouse construction, date and location unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam on the Spokane river in Washington State .  When it was completed in 1915 it was the highest spillway dam.  Built by Spokane & Inland Empire Railway the Long Lake Dam was the final of three dams built on the lower Spokane river.  The first, Nine Mile Falls was completed in 1908 and the second, Little Falls Dam in 1910. 
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam - early in the construction
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam construction
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam construction
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam
600 dpi

72 dpi

Long Lake Dam
600 dpi

72 dpi

Dam / flume construction, date and location unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Construction of Wyman Dam, Bingham ME. 7-15-30
600 dpi

72 dpi

Photo 1 of 3, dam construction, date and location unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Photo 2 of 3, dam construction, date and location unknown
600 dpi

72 dpi

Photo 3 of 3, dam construction, date and location unknown