The Building of the Dam
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 76 × 101.6 cm · framed: 93.5 × 118.5 × 7.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1927.171
Tags
male
About this artwork
Julian Alden Weir's painting shows the construction of the Scotland Dam, built between 1907 and 1909 on the Shetucket River near his summer home in Windham, Connecticut. The artist had a vested interest in the subject, as the dam ensured an energy supply to the area's inhabitants that included his family.