Cumberland Falls State Park (Ky.); Historic preservation--Kentucky
This thesis is an examination of Louisville Times editor Tom Wallace's fight to prevent the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky between 1926 and 1931. By mining Wallace's recently cataloged personal papers, this study...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Portland Canal's Dam 41 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Falls of the Ohio, where many fossilized organisms can be seen. The river curves right; beyond, it narrows and curves left. Two bridges are shown. Caption on back of image: "View looking...
Water falling over a stone dam. There is a shallow body of water in the foreground with trees and other plants visible in it. A person sits on the left side of the dam. Series information on back of card: Gems of Kentucky Scenery, First Series. No....
U.S. Dam #41 under construction near the Louisville side of the Ohio River. On top of the partial dam, men work laying out railroad tracks. Across the river, a large clock can be seen attached to an industrial buildings with the word PERFUMES on it.
Black men and boys with fishing poles sit at the top of a log dam beside a building made of logs and stone. Below the dam, two white men in a boat with a paddle appear to be fixing the fishing line of one of the boys.
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Barges at lower part of Portland Canal Locks, Dam 41, Louisville, Kentucky. Bridge in the distance. Bottom right of the photo is marked "Lock--Louisville." Caption on back of image: "Lower part of locks -- Dam 41, Louisville Ky....
The clubhouse of Sleepy Hollow Country Club sits next a dammed body of water. Below the dam a man in a hat stands at the water's edge. Above the dam a number of flat-bottomed row boats are moored to a wooden walkway which approaches the clubhouse....
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Dry dock at Dam 41, Portland Canal and Locks, Louisville, Kentucky. To the left are telephone lines and in the water at the right is a barge with a crane. Beyond, the canal curves to the right. Caption on back of image: "Transfer back mix and...
Lock of the Louisville and Portland Canal looking towards the Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Bridge down the Ohio River. The Canal later became the McAlpine Dam and Locks.
Lock of the Louisville and Portland Canal, on the Ohio River, looking north (upstream) to Shippingport Island. The lower lock gate and two stone buildings are in the foreground. The upper lock gate and an access bridge to Shippingport Island is in...
Dam and shallow waterfall stretching the width of a small river, possibly in Kentucky. A few buildings can be seen on the wooded hill in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Waterfall on mill dam on Rivanna River (Palmyra, Virginia). A simple multi-story building is visible across the water, as is a smaller building. Photographed and copyrighted by W.E. Burgess, publisher's item no. K349. Message on verso dated 1916.
In front of a wooded bank, the Kentucky River flows over a dam. At the front of the photograph is a cross section of a lock's chamber, containing the lock gear including the paddles and winding gear. A man stands at the top of a ladder on the...
