McAlpine Locks and Dam
| Description: |
Aerial photograph of McAlpine Locks and Dam, a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. Shown are the locks and the hydroelectric dam at the lower end of the Z-shaped dam. The dams upper end is at Clarksville, Ind. The photo was taken during the construction of the Tainter gates seen at the lower right. Between the locks and the hydroelectric dam is Shippingport Island. The Kentucky and Indiana Railroad Bridge runs along the top of the photo. Louisville is in the upper left and New Albany, Ind., in the upper right. |
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| Origin: | circa 1960 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll100/id/1757 |
| 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.) Dams Shippingport Island (Ky.) Kentucky and Indiana Railroad Bridge Aerial photographs |
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