Olaf Laurgaard papers 1919-1940

Laurgaard, Olaf, 1880-1945.

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Olaf Laurgaard (1880-1945) was city engineer of Portland, Or. He also worked as a construction engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1937-1940. From the description of Olaf Laurgaard papers, 1919-1940 (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 656160060 Olaf Laurgaard (1880-1945) was city engineer of Portland, Oregon. He worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1937-1940, at which time he kept an engineer's diary. From the guide to the...

Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...

Portland (Or.). Office of City Engineer

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