Bankhead Lock and Dam construction photographs, 1914.

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Bankhead Lock and Dam construction photographs, 1914.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122498283

These photographic images were made of the Bankhead Lock and Dam before, during and after its construction. They are in an album made by the Hardaway Contracting Company in 1914.

31 photographs (1 folder).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736257

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Hardaway Contracting Co. (Columbus, Ga.)

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The Hardaway Contracting Company won the contract to build Lock and Dam No. 17 on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County (Ala.). This Columbus (Ga.) contracting company began work on the locks and dam in 1911 and work was completed on Dec. 23, 1914. The dam was named the Bankhead Lock and Dam in honor of John Hollis Bankhead, U. S. senator from Alabama. From the description of Bankhead Lock and Dam construction photographs, 1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498283 ...

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...