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[ New Search ] TVA Phosphoric Acid Plant Location : AL Date : Jun, 1942 Agency : OWI Credits : Palmer (OWI Photographer) Owner : FDRL Medium : B&W Photo Control Number : Photographs (General): TVA: Dams: Alabama: Muscle Shoals Enlarged Image Description : Section of the TVA's phosphoric acid plant operated in conjunction with the making of elemental phosphorus in the Muscle Shoals area. The phosphorus, used in the Manufacture of incendiary bombs and shells and of material for "smoke," is produced by smelting phosphate rock, coke, and silica together in electric furnaces and condensing the resulting phosphorus gases. When surplus phosphorus is avaialable it is converted into highly concentrated phosphatic fertilizer, much of which is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill. (June, 1942) Listed Under: [Tennessee Valley Authority][Hydroelectric Power][Industrial Uses]