Ohio River, hydroelectic dam, Louisville, Ky., March 14, 1928

Description: Aerial photograph of the hydroelectric dam and lower gates at todays McAlpine Dam on the Ohio River at Louisville, Ky. Visible is the hydroelectric dam, lower gates, and dams wall running from lower gates to bottom left corner of photo. Not visible is the upper gates of the dam. To the left of the hydroelectric dam is Shippingport Island and the McAlpine locks to the upper left. Exposed fossil beds of the Falls of the Ohio are in the lower left and the Kentucky & Indian Railroad Bridge spans the Ohio above Sand Island. New Albany, Ind., is in the upper right.
Origin: 1928-03-14
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll100/id/1490
Collection: Clarksville Historical Collection
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/;
Copyright: Copyright Undetermined;
Geography: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Subjects: McAlpine Locks and Dam (Ky.)
Ohio River
Dams
Shippingport Island (Ky.)
Falls of the Ohio (Ky. and Ind.)--Maps
Kentucky and Indiana Railroad Bridge
Falls of the Ohio State Park (Clarksville, Ind.)

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