Duke Energy’s Charlotte, N.C., headquarters houses thousands of old photos from Florida to Ohio and Kentucky to the Carolinas. However, many of the photos are not properly identified. Help us improve our records by sending us your memories about the photos below. You can send us an email at illumination@duke-energy.com, and please include the photo number or attach the image.
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Photo 175: Do you know any of the employees on this Nashville Gas basketball team? Better yet, do you know if the uniforms still exist?
Photo 174: According to the sign in this photo from the Nashville Gas collection, these employees worked at Harrison Street, but do you know any of their names? Does the work location still stand?
Photo 178: We’d like to know names of these employees from the 1957 Cincinnati Gas and Electric Underground Department. Recognize anyone?
Photo 181: Do you recognize this great view? Where are these Carolina Power and Light nuclear construction site workers, and what are their names?
Mysteries solved!
A couple of you emailed to identify the employee in photo 121 as Bill Carlson, who worked for Florida Power Corp. in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the 1970s. According to Steve Smirlis, retired meter technician, Carlson is testing a GE Watthour meter, which was installed in substations and plants.