History of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (1944-1950)

The Dnieper River flows through a breach in the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station dam.

Construction worker Andrey Evgrafov climbs a dam support.

He throws a rope to another support, creating a suspension bridge.

People walk across the suspension bridge.

The Dnieper River flooding.

Head of Dneprostroy F. G. Loginov and Chief Engineer I. I. Kandalov in their office.

Dam construction project.

Panorama of the construction site.

People dismantle stretchers and carry stones to the site of the future dam.

They dump the stones into a common pile.

The Dnieper's waters rise.

The turbulent flow of the Dnieper.

Dam reinforcement work.

Sandbags are being dropped from a boat.

Divers are stacking the bags underwater.

19-year-old construction worker Taya Cheremiskina talks about her team (synchronously).

T. Cheremiskina and other women assemble rebar.

Cranes move the bridge support frames.

Construction workers assemble the bridge structure.

A panorama of the bridge under construction.

A locomotive passes over the bridge.

Construction workers sit on the train platform.

Views of dam construction.

Construction workers shovel concrete.

An engineer walks through the site.

Cranes transport tankers of concrete and hydroelectric power station components.

Trains carrying cargo for Dneprostroy are en route.

Turbine assembly at the plant in Leningrad.

An aerial view and panoramic view of the large-scale construction site.

A view of the dam and the Dnieper River.

Engineers at the dam.

Installing the "clapper" shields in the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station dam.