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Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, KY, 1968

Subjects
Bridges & DamsPower & Water Works
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1968 (Chrome)
Front of Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, KY, 1968, c. 1968 chrome postcard
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Back of Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, KY, 1968, c. 1968 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

Gantry cranes stand over the concrete powerhouse at Kentucky Dam, with a broad lawn and parked cars in the foreground. The building bears the word KENTUCKY, and an American flag flies above the roofline. The Tennessee Valley Authority dam stretches 8,412 feet across the Tennessee River in western Kentucky and was built at a cost of $115 million. It draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Jeanne + all Excuse card but we're in Silver Springs Fla. This is being mailed underwater. Be home soon. Love, Mona, Diane + kids

PublisherThompson's Community Service
Powerhouse and Cranes, Kentucky Dam --- POWERHOUSE AND CRANES, KENTUCKY DAM TVA's huge dam, built at a cost of $115,000,000 is visited by hundreds of thousands of people yearly. Located in Western Kentucky, the 8,412 feet long dam is reached by U.S. 62 and 641. EKTACHROME BY BROCK THOMPSON'S COMMUNITY SERVICE, 1220 CHICKASAW, PARIS, TENNESSEE CURTEICHCOLOR® ART-CREATION FROM COLOR TRANSPARENCIES (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD
PostmarkedSILVER SPRINGS, FL, April 19, 1968
StampStamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Jeane Elmore

25054 Stanford Dearborn Heights, MI

Postcard record

Postmarked, SILVER SPRINGS, FL
PublisherThompson's Community Service
ConditionGood
Place addressed25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI
Place depictedKentucky Dam, KY
Place mentionedKentucky Dam, KY
PublisherThompson's Community Service, 1220 Chickasaw, Paris, TN
Stamp1c Andrew Jackson, green
Stamp5c George Washington, blue
NotesWhite border; chrome-era color; vertical crease down center. Postmark: SILVER SPRINGS FLA APR 19 PM 1968 (32688). Divided-back chrome-era card (Curt Teich), glossy with white border; light edge/corner wear, faint crease near center.

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Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, KY, 1968, postcard, c. 1968. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/powerhouse-and-cranes-kentucky-dam-ky-1968. Accessed November 2, 2026.