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Men in an office with  District Engineer Major Phillip B. Fleming

Men in an office with District Engineer Major Phillip B. Fleming

This photograph depicts District Engineer Major Phillip B. Fleming in an office with other men associated with the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Bulkhead on the Pleasant Point Dam

Bulkhead on the Pleasant Point Dam

This photograph depicts a bulkhead in the northern section of railroad trestle on the Pleasant Point Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

View of Completed Gravel Fill - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

View of Completed Gravel Fill - U.S. National Archives Public Domain p...

This photograph depicts a general view of the gravel fill at Pleasant Point Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Construction of the Carlow Island Dam

Construction of the Carlow Island Dam

This photograph depicts a southeast perspective of the top of the Carlow Island Dam, where men are laying railroad tracks. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Steam Shovel at Dam Site - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Steam Shovel at Dam Site - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photog...

This photograph depicts the use of a steam shovel to transport material for the construction of dams for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Raising Main Line Track - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Raising Main Line Track - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...

This photograph depicts workers constructing a track along the top of the Pleasant Point Dam, which was constructed for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Men Working in the Quarry on Carlow Island for the Pleasant Point Dam

Men Working in the Quarry on Carlow Island for the Pleasant Point Dam

Original caption: Pleasant Point Dam Force Account. Wagon drills in operation Quarry #3 Carlow Island. 154-9.81 May 25, 1936. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Temporary Housing for Workers - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Temporary Housing for Workers - U.S. National Archives Public Domain p...

This photograph depicts some of the temporary buildings that were constructed to house people who worked on the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Carlow Island Dam Rock Fill - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Carlow Island Dam Rock Fill - U.S. National Archives Public Domain pho...

This photograph depicts a southeast view of the progress made on installing rock fill at the Carlow Island Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Another View of Removing Trestle from Carlow Island Dam

Another View of Removing Trestle from Carlow Island Dam

This photograph depicts an additional view of a method used to remove a railroad trestle from the Carlow Island Dam with a locomotive crane. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

General View of Exhibit Building

General View of Exhibit Building

This photograph depicts the interior of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project's exhibition room, where models and displays of the project were featured. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Tombstone at Work Site - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Tombstone at Work Site - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogra...

This photograph depicts a view of one of the work sites for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project before construction on one of the dams began. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Earth Filter along Cobscook Bay Side of Carlow Island Dam

Earth Filter along Cobscook Bay Side of Carlow Island Dam

This photograph depicts the earth filter from the perspective of the Cobscook Bay side of the Carlow Island Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Grading Fill along the Pleasant Point Dam

Grading Fill along the Pleasant Point Dam

This photograph depicts workers in the process of grading random fill along the Cobscook Bay side of the Pleasant Point Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Army Day - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Army Day - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This photograph depicts a group of men and officers from the U.S. Army enjoying a dinner at one of the buildings used during the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Looking Northwest on Cobscook Bay Side from Moose Island

Looking Northwest on Cobscook Bay Side from Moose Island

This photograph depicts a view of the Cobscook Bay side of the Carlow Island Dam, which was constructed for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

American Federation of Labor Delegates

American Federation of Labor Delegates

This photograph depicts a group of Maine Delegates from the American Federation of Labor during an inspection of the Eastport District. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Group of Officers on Army Day - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Group of Officers on Army Day - U.S. National Archives Public Domain p...

This photograph depicts a group of officers eating dinner at a long table during Army Day at one of the sites significant to the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project in Eastport, Maine. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power P... More

Topography of Working Tidal Model

Topography of Working Tidal Model

This photograph depicts a group of men working on a large topography model for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Construction of Spur Track - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Construction of Spur Track - U.S. National Archives Public Domain phot...

This photograph depicts the construction of a spur track leading to the west entrance of the Pleasant Point and Carlow Island Dam quarry. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Sharpening Blast Hole Drill Bits at Quarry Site

Sharpening Blast Hole Drill Bits at Quarry Site

This photograph depicts two men sharpening blast hole drill bits at the Pleasant Point and Carlow Island Dam quarry site for use in the construction of the dams for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passam... More

Child Posing with the Lobster "Old Ned" in Eastport, Maine

Child Posing with the Lobster "Old Ned" in Eastport, Maine

Original caption: Mr. Dexter P. Cooper Compliments Wilbur A. Shea Eastport July 11, 1925. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

District Engineer Major Phillip B. Fleming at Groundbreaking

District Engineer Major Phillip B. Fleming at Groundbreaking

This photograph depicts District Engineer Major Phillip B. Fleming at one of the sites associated with the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Station 34 at Pleasant Point Dam

Station 34 at Pleasant Point Dam

This photograph depicts Station 34, a building constructed at the site of the Pleasant Point Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Removing Trestle from Carlow Island Dam

Removing Trestle from Carlow Island Dam

This photograph depicts a group of workers employing a method of removing railroad trestle from the Carlow Island Dam with a locomotive crane. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Rehandling Rock for Rip-rap on Dams

Rehandling Rock for Rip-rap on Dams

This photograph depicts a method of creating rip-rip, or rubble, for the construction of the Carlow Island Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Northeast View of Campobello Island

Northeast View of Campobello Island

This photograph, taken in the town of Lubec, Maine, depicts a northeast view of Campobello Island. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Men Drilling - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Men Drilling - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This photograph depicts men drilling in the snow for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Railroad Grader on Carlow Island Dam

Railroad Grader on Carlow Island Dam

This photograph depicts a railroad grader as it levels the earth fill on top of the Carlow Island Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Looking East from Carlow Island on Cobscook Bay Side of Dam

Looking East from Carlow Island on Cobscook Bay Side of Dam

This photograph depicts the steam power, horsepower, and manpower that went into the creation of the Carlow Island Dam for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Men Drilling for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project

Men Drilling for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project

This photograph depicts a man drilling through rock that will be used in the construction of dams associated with the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Looking North from Station 27 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Looking North from Station 27 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain p...

This photograph depicts one of the steps in the construction of the Pleasant Point Dam, when flatbed railroad cars would move along a track along the top of the dam and unload dirt and fill. Passamaquoddy Tidal... More

View of Rock Fill from Carlow Island

View of Rock Fill from Carlow Island

This photograph depicts a southeast view of the Carlow Island Dam's rock fill, and shows a train traveling along the top of the dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Cobscook Bay Side of Dam at Low Tide

Cobscook Bay Side of Dam at Low Tide

This photograph depicts the Cobscook bay side of the Carlow Island Dam at low tide; gravel filler can be seen just underneath the locomotive. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Placing Rock Toe at the Pleasant Point Dam

Placing Rock Toe at the Pleasant Point Dam

This photograph depicts a method of placing a rock toe of rip-rap for the construction of the Pleasant Point Dam. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Looking over the Model of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Looking over the Model of the Pass...

This photograph depicts President Franklin Delano Roosevelt looking over the model of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Men on a Yacht - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Men on a Yacht - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This photograph depicts a group of five men who were influential in the development and execution of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Major Phillip B. Fleming, District Engineer, stands in the center. Pas... More

Excavation Work on the Shannon Electric Power Scheme

Excavation Work on the Shannon Electric Power Scheme

This item consists of a postcard photograph of an excavation machine working on the Shannon Electric Power Scheme in Ireland. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Men Using Phone at Project Site

Men Using Phone at Project Site

This photograph depicts group of men associated with the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project as one man uses the telephone near the work site. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Removing Railroad Trestle from Dam

Removing Railroad Trestle from Dam

This photograph depicts a group of workers removing a railroad trestle from the Carlow Island Dam, which was constructed for the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

Men and Crowd in Field - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Men and Crowd in Field - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogra...

This photograph depicts a few of the men involved with the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project during a groundbreaking ceremony on the Fourth of July, 1936. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Photographs

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