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Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the national Resources Committee, and party visited the project on August 03, 1939. Mr. Delano is the third person from the left.
1939-08-03
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Original ground at the proposed Colville River crossing on the relocation of primary state highway No. 22. The relocation work will involve the building of a highway bridge and removal of the irrigation pipeline.
1939-01-06
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High riggers decorate a Christmas tree for the contractor's annual display.
1939-12-01
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Costumed figures and recorded music played on a loud speaker system were the chief features of the contractor's annual Christmas display, which in beauty and design compared favorably with the best to be found anywhere in the Northwest.
1939-12-01
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington Grand Coulee Dam Outlet Works - El. 1136.67 102" Ring seal gate conduits installation
1937-10-22
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The Totem Broadcasters from radio stations KOMO and KJR of the NBC system at Seattle record a program at the dam site. A total of seven recorded programs each of 30 minutes duration was made on the Columbia Basin Project. They were released in...
1939-08-17
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The "Concore" drilling machine used for removing cores from hardened concrete. Typical cores are standing alongside the machine, they were shipped to the Denver laboratories for testing purposes.
1939-03-08
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At the west end of the proposed Ankeny dam site on the lower end of the Grand Coulee Balancing Reservoir. The head frame and shop buildings are for the exploration shaft which was sunk at this point. The men are standing at elevation 1580, the...
1939-08-30
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The general shop building erected for the use of Government forces. Adjacent and under construction is the car and truck storage garage. These two buildings are on Columbia Avenue and across the street from the Government garage and fire station.
1939-02-27
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Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project- Washington: General map
1938-01-28
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Hundreds of workmen pass this safety signboard on their way to and from the construction areas.
1939-05-01
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At the close of 1939, Consolidated Builders had completed 68.5% of the contract work for Grand Coulee Dam. With more than 9,000,000 cu. Yds. Of concrete in the structure, the right and left abutment sections were within 100 feet of the top and...
1939-12-01
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The Columbia River at flood stage is diverted over spillway blocks at elevation 995. the conduit liners are in place for the outlet works at elevation 1036.
1939-06-01
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The Columbia River at flood stage flows over 16 low blocks in the spillway section of the dam. The outlet conduits at elevation 934 were also used for river diversion and at this date 18 of the 20 conduits were open.
1939-06-01
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When the 70-ton steel closure gates were not needed for river diversion purposes, the contractor suspended them from special storage barges anchored in the right fore bay.
1939-04-01
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A closure gate approaches a diversion channel. The gate will be placed against the steel guides and then lowered to cut off the flow of water through the channel. The lattice truss on which the man is walking braces the top of the roller-path...
1939-02-06
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The upstream side of a 70-ton steel closure gate as it rests in place against the dam, preventing the Columbia River from overflowing low blocks.
1939-10-10
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Presention on the history and origin of the Columbia Basin Project presented at the annual meeting of the Washington Irrigation Institute in Pasco, WA 05-06 December 1940
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Spectacular waterfall at Coulee Dam surpasses Niagara in height. During the 1940 flood stage, the Columbia River was diverted through the outlet works and over a portion of the unfinished spillway section.
1940-06-07
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The downstream face of the dam, the left powerhouse, the spillway at flood stage, and the Columbia River Reservoir in a general view from the left or west side. The floating debris caught by the log boom will be beached and burned.
1940-06-03
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Aerial view of the dam, Mason City, and the Government Town.
1940-06-08
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To continue construction of the right abutment section of the dam above the trestle level, the contractor erected a side hill bracket gantry crane which traveled on the upstream rail of the trestle deck and on a rail 36 feet higher, in a recess...
1940-02-01
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"Side-hill" gantry crane. The upper runway rail is 36 feet above the trestle deck and is set into the sloping face of the dam. This crane and a similar one on the other end of the dam were used to complete concrete placing in the abutment sections.
1940-05-03
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The left tailrace slide area where excavation and removal of the overburden was started near the close of 1940. The white lines mark cracks in the ground surface resulting from earth movements.
1940-08-23
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