Water-power

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Illustration of a grinding mill, or gharat, from the Simla District in India which is worked by water power.

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Photograph of 'Plats on the grounds of the Montana Station, showing what may be accomplished by the flume' in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 123 silver gelatin photographs documenting the construction of the Lochaber Water Project (also known as the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme). The photographs date from 1925 to 1930, although the scheme itself was built between 1924 and 1943. The photographs are divided in three groups, and most are dated and annotated. Includes three panoramas, one of which is framed, and a newspaper double spread from The Sphere dated 7 December 1929,...

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Photograph of a water mill being powered by water from a waterfall for irrigation in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Photograph of a small waterfall in Feyoum, Egypt that is was used for power and irrigation in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Photograph of two men standing next to a water lift on the shore of the Rio Grande in the early 20th century.