Narrows Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Album
name: label: Creator
content: Kemmer, Frank
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Yadkin River (N.C.)
label: Place
content: North Carolina
topic: label: Topic
content: Rivers -- North Carolina
label: Topic
content: Dams -- North Carolina
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Department of the History of Science and Technology, Division of Engineering and Industry by Frank Kemmer's granddaughter, Anne Wheelock, in 1990. It was transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kemmer, Frank
setName: label: See more items in
content: Narrows Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photograph album showing all aspects of construction of the Narrows Dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Narrows Dam is located on the Yadkin River, one of the largest rivers in North Carolina.  The dam and its hydroelectric station was constructed by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), to supply power for an aluminum production plant nearby.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1917
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1041
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1, Photograph Album, 1916-1917
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kiley Orchard (intern), 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1910-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one album containing 101 photographs documenting the hydroelectric project and construction of the Narrows Dam on the Yadkin River near Badin, North Carolina.  Frank Kemmer took the photographs from December 30, 1916 through April 25, 1917.  Images include the trusses, piers, cranes and other equipment.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Other Archives Center collections relating to dams and hydroelectric power plants include Robert F. Olds Collection and John L. Savage Collection.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Four lantern slides of electric furnace operation were placed in the Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection (NMAH.AC.1013)and received no numbers.