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Construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Grocery Store, Knoxville, 1904 and Bridge Construction (photographs)

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 1995.028
Scope and Contents

J. R. Cunningham Grocery Store and horse & wagon (in 1904 Knoxville City Directory: James R. Cunningham, grocer)?; badly faded, sepia. 5 1/2 x 4”, mounted; Bridge or dam construction? no ID. 5x7” mounted, sepia.

Dates: 1904

[Hardin Valley Road Construction], 1957, Inspected 6/15/17

 Item
Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.101
Scope and Contents

Autumn scenes on estate grounds; heavy machinery; roadways and street signs around Hardin Valley, TN; excavation; laying down asphalt; "Oak Ridge" highway sign.

Dates: 1957; Other: Inspected 6/15/17

James E. Thompson Photograph Albums re: streetcar tracks, ca. 1904-1905.

 Collection
Identifier: PAS 0044
Scope and Contents

Album of photographs taken by James E. Thompson, ca. 1904-1905, of the construction of streetcar tracks in Knoxville and Knox County, Tenn. 1 album (90 leaves, 720 photographs). Backs of photographs are identified with job number, date, job location.

Dates: 1904-1905

[Natural Gas 1], 1952-1953, Inspected 2/28/17

 Item
Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.138
Scope and Contents

Footage of heavy equipment clearing trees, workmen and heavy equipment laying pipeline, animated maps of the state of Tennessee and the American southeast, and a neon sign reading "East Tennessee Natural Gas Company."

Dates: 1952-1953; Other: Inspected 2/28/17

[Natural Gas 2], 1953, Inspected 3/20/17

 Item
Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.139
Scope and Contents

Footage of workmen and heavy machinery laying gas pipeline, stylized maps of East Tennessee, the Alcoa site; and gas-burning appliances; a single frame of logo for the Engineering-Contruction Company of Tulsa, OK, is spliced in; may be outtakes or trims.

Dates: 1953; Other: Inspected 3/20/17

[Natural Gas Dupe], [date not determined], Inspected 4/10/17

 Item
Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.140
Scope and Contents

Footage of landscapes, machinery, men at work, pipeline, graphic maps of Tennessee; appears to be duplicated from footage present in other reels (TAMIS F 2020.016.138 and TAMIS F 2020.016.139).

Dates: [date not determined]; Other: Inspected 4/10/17

Panorama photographs of TVA dams

 Collection
Identifier: QSPC 2016.007--010
Scope and Contents QSPC 2016.007 Panorama photograph of Cherokee Dam, 3/5/1941, carpenters 3rd shift -- Paul Jones foreman, 10"h x 36.75"w Rell Clements, Norris, Tenn. QSPC 2016.008 Panorama photograph of carpenters at Hiwassee Dam (N.C.), photo #1048, 10"h x 43"w, c. 10/3/1939. QSPC 2016.009 Panorama photograph of Norris Dam under construction (looking upstream) 10"h x 36.5"w, date? QSPC 2016.010 Panorama photograph of Pickwick Dam, G. P. Tulloss carpenter crew, 10"h x 17.5"w, c. 10/29/1937 Photo Rell...
Dates: 1930s-1940s

Photographs Showing Progress of Construction Gay Street Viaduct

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2017.004
Scope and Contents

Photographs Showing Progress of Construction Gay Street Viaduct. Knoxville, Tennessee. 1919. L. W. Frierson, Supervising Engr. Taken by Thompson Brothers, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 album 7 x 12.5”: 25 photographs mounted on linen.

Dates: 1919

Tellico Dam Project photographs, 1974-1980. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

 Collection
Identifier: PC 0028
Scope and Contents

Tellico Dam Project photographs, 1974-1977, 1980. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Each photograph has printed Identification and caption. 8"x10” b&w photographs. 268 photographs in 14 folders. Photographers: Arvilee Burnette, Knoxville, and Lloyd J. Foster. One non-Tellico Dam photograph of Widow’s Creek Steam Plant taken by Hoyle E. Hickey, Chattanooga. Memorandums consist of progress information and status reports.

Dates: 1974-1980

VWF-71, 1965

 Item
Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.071
Scope and Contents

Construction in mountains; fishing in mountain stream; Cherokee National Forest

Dates: 1965

VWF-79, Early 1960s

 Item
Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.079
Scope and Contents

Construction of what appears to be a government facility, presumed to be the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN.

Dates: Early 1960s