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Railroad and county road bridges across the gorge at the mouth of the Kettle River.
1941-12-09
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Completed railroad bridge across the Kettle River, near Boyds.
1941-12-09
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Little Dalles channel widening project. About 300,000 yards of limestone, above low water level, were removed from the flat white areas in the channel.
1941-03-30
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Little Dalles river channel widening. This view shows the widened area, at the right, about to be completely submerged at the lower end. The flow in the river is still in the original channel.
1941-04-17
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Completed residences at the Leavenworth station, for employees of the fish and Wildlife Service.
1941-10-10
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Hatchery building and rearing pond area at Entiat Station for migratory fish control.
1941-08-07
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Hatchery building and rearing pond area at the Winthrop station of the fish conservation facilities.
1941-11-18
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Nearly completed residences for employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service at the Winthrop station.
1941-11-18
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Hatchery building under construction at the Chamokane game-fish hatchery.
1941-09-23
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Personnel residence at the Chamokane game-fish hatchery, to be operated by the State of Washington.
1941-11-25
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Construction in progress on the north portion of the rearing pond area at the Chamokane game-fish hatchery.
1941-11-25
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Lake back of Grand Coulee Dam, with "Yacht Club" landing and government dock in central foreground. The 230-kilovolt left switchyards appear in the background on the hillside.
1941-11-22
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The first aircraft to land on the storage reservoir above the Grand Coulee Dam. The plane, a Fairchild C-24, was piloted by Mr. Alfred Wolf, with Mrs. Wolf as passenger, and was being flown from factory to a customer.
1941-05-30
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Grand Coulee Dam from North Cliff, showing water from Columbia River Reservoir passing over the spillway drum gates for the first time I in the construction of the dam. There are eleven drum gates, each 125 feet wide, but only 10 are shown...
1942-06-22
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The Bureau of Reclamation is erecting a sawmill and planer, with a normal daily capacity of approximately 25,000 board-feet, on the west shore of the reservoir, in the area of Ryan's dump. The sawmill building (at the left) is of heavy timber...
1942-12-22
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Lake elevation indicating instrument, located on the drum gate control cubicle, in the Control Room. The reservoir was filling rapidly when the picture was taken (May 28th at about 3:00pm).
1942-05-28
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Equipment for the Grand Coulee Dam seismograph station, arranged for photographic purposes. Dr. Dean S. Carder of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is simulating the adjustment of position of galvanometers on the Benioff film recorder. In the...
1942-09-16
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Grand Coulee Seismograph Station. Time Control. From left to right: 1. The 115 kilocycle receiver attuned to NPG, San Francisco, with telechron timing clock for turning the received on and off, for the automatic reception of long wave radio time...
1942-09-16
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A passenger leaving the 4,000-pound capacity elevator in the control bay of the west powerhouse. The machine can be operated either with or without an attendant, and travels about 180 feet. A 10,000-pound capacity freight elevator is in service in...
1942-09-22
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Motor generator set of the 10,000-pound Otis elevator in block 11. It consists of a 100-hp. 460-volt, induction motor; a 280-volt, 290-ampere, direct-current generator; and a 240-volt, 21-ampere, direct-current generator, which excites its own...
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Ball-type speed governor on 10,000-pound gearless, traction-type elevator, in Block 11. Excessive speed of the car will cause this governor to interrupt the power supply, set the brake on the hoisting machine, and engage the safety jaws on the car...
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Car-controlling mechanism (left) for the gearless passenger elevator block 11. A steel tape attached to the car and running over a seave in the housing (at left) drives, by means of a chain and gears, the threaded shaft in the car controller. A...
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Switch panels for the 10,000-pound passenger elevator in block 11. The upper left hand panel shows door controls above and motor-generator starting equipment below. The right hand panel controls the elevator hoisting machinery, and is, in turn,...
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The hoisting mechanism of the 10,000-pound elevator in Block 11. It consists of a 120 h.p. direct-current motor; a drum for the cables which support the car and counterweights; brake drum, shoes, and magnet; brake switch; and mileage recorder. The...
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