Whitney Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Whitney Development Company
place: label: Place
content: Yadkin River (N.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Construction and civil engineering
label: Topic
content: Dams -- North Carolina
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Whitney Development Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Whitney Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the construction of the Whitney Dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Whitney Development Company, organized by industrialist George Whitney in 1901, nearly completed the Whitney Dam and a diversion canal, but declared bankruptcy in 1907.  All assets of the Whitney Development Company were sold to French Company Southern Aluminum in 1912.  Upon evaluation the French Company Southern Aluminum Company decided to pursue a new project now known as the Narrows Dam and the Town of Badin.

Source: Badin Historic Museum, Old Whitney, Debroah Lovan, March 2, 2022
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1919, undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1568
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection was processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of black and white photographs documenting the construction of the Whitney Dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina. Many of the photographs have handwritten notations documenting the date and time the image was taken.  Others are stamped "compliments of Hugh Macrae and Company, bankers, Wilmington, North Carolina" on the reverse side and are undated.  The materials are arranged loosely in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
 
 
 
Industry on Parade Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0507


John A. Beemer Papers, NMAH.AC.0957


Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Records Collection, NMAH.AC.0969


Narrows Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1041


Hales Bar Dam Collection, NMAH.AC.1051


Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090


S. Morgan Smith Company Records, NMAH.AC.1099


Granite Shoals Dam Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1539


Miami Conservancy Dam Project, NMAH.AC.1547


Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides, NMAH.AC.1552

Other Repositories


Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, photograph shows construction of dam using granite blocks, published by Hall's Pharmacy and F. E. Starnes, between 1900 and 1930


Stanly County Museum (a Department of the Stanly County Public Library) photograph of construction of Dam in Whitney, North Carolina, 1907-1908