1953 Press Photo Dr. Arthur Morgan Advises On African Power Project

AMERICAN EXPERT ADVISES ON AFRICAN POWER PROJECT. Dr. Arthur Morgan, U.S. authority on hydro-electric projects responsible for the T.V.A., has been asked by the Government of the Gold Coast, the British African Colony that is moving rapidly toward self-government, to assist in the country's Volta river Project. the scheme calls for construction of a power station with a 2,000-sq, mile reservoir. Its capacity of 564,000 kilowatts will be used chiefly for the production of aluminum. PICTURE SHOWS: Dr. Arthur Morgan (center), with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (right), Prime Minister of the Gold Coast, and Commander R.G.A. Jackson, British special Commissioner for the Volte River Project.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 12--1953.

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