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President Roosevelt enjoying noon-day lunch on visit October 2, 1937. Construction Engineer Banks at his left.
1937-10-02
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Postmaster General Farley, Congressman Leavy, and Spokane Postmaster Simpson - on the General's visit to the project, October 14, 1937, at entrance of the Coulee Dam post office.
1937-10-14
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Night view, looking northeast from upstream. High trestle over dam, and above it lighted aggregate suspension bridge conveyor running diagonally toward upper right corner. Lights across the river are in Mason City. Row of lights running to upper...
1936-10-01
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West end of dam, with diverted river flowing in low channels in blocks Nos. 32, 34, 36, 38. Cross-river cofferdams at upper left and right edges. Suspension bridge aggregate conveyor to the left.
1937-01-08
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Looking northeast along high trestle. Center section "E" of steel cofferdam at bottom. Eastmix in upper center. Diverted river at lower portion of picture.
1937-06-28
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Looking downstream. River flowing through low gaps in concrete in dam foundation. Downriver is highway bridge leading to Mason City, above which is huge pile of surplus sand. Corner of Government town site (Coulee Dam) shown in center, left.
1937-12-22
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Looking east along axis of dam after flooding area. At the left edge is aggregate suspension-bridge conveyor to Westmix. In the center, three cells remain of section "D" in west steel cofferdam.
1937-12-21
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Lower crib-type cofferdam under construction from section "G" to east river bank. Aggregate conveyor on suspension bridge shown overhead, and center tower to the left.
1937-01-06
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View of center enclosure before unwatering about 65 million gallons, frozen over. In the distance is section "E" of west cofferdam partly removed.
1937-01-06
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Looking northeast. Second-stage construction of cribs in downstream cross-river cofferdam, filled to elevation 940. Section "G" of Westside cofferdam in near foreground.
1937-01-07
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Center section of Columbia River coffered off and stream diverted west of block 40 shown to right center where section "E" of west cofferdam is partly removed. Frames in lower foreground are feeders for conveyor to be used in removing about...
1937-01-07
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Dam and diversion works viewed from the upstream side. Upstream cross-river cofferdam appears on the right, and the entrance to the diversion channel on the left. The rough surface of ice is caused by the piling up of floe-ice. The two barges,...
1937-01-28
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Inside view of the timber crib construction of the upstream cross-river cofferdam at the east shore.
1937-02-18
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View of the river side of the upstream cross-river cofferdam directly upstream from block 40.
1937-04-01
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Distant view of dam and coffers, looking west from east shore.
1937-04-17
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Looking westerly along downstream cross-river cofferdam. Center tower of suspension bridge at the right. Block 40 in the center.
1937-08-13
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Base of center tower of suspension bridge, in cell 5 in section "G" of Westside cofferdam.
1937-11-18
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Toggle grab-hook for pulling steel sheet piles in west cofferdam.
1905-04-20
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Diversion channels through the dam, showing floe ice floating in river.
1937-01-07
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The diversion channel, looking upstream. Floe-ice fills the channel to a point about 1/4 mile upstream, where open water appears.
1937-01-28
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Entrance to diversion slot in block 32. 50,000 c.f.s. now flowing in two slots.
1937-11-03
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A 5-yard shovel excavating along the downstream toe of slope, east of block 40, at time of cofferdam leak.
1937-03-16
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River fill at leaky cofferdam. Upstream cross-river cofferdam in the distance.
1937-04-01
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