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One of the frames that will support the glass blocks for the giant 40-foot high windows in the west powerhouse, assembled outside of the control bay.
1942-04-08
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Workmen placing glass blocks in downstream windows of west powerhouse.
1942-06-26
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Work on the east powerhouse transformer deck, done by Consolidated Builders Inc. on an extra work order.
1942-01-14
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Heavy reinforcing steel in place in the transformer deck and service bay of the east powerhouse.
1942-03-31
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Riggers attaching cables, preparatory to hoisting away one of the large, heavy I beams of the C.B.I. concrete-placing trestle.
1942-03-18
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Passing through Government Town, two trucks linked together handle heavy steel girders from CBI concrete-placing trestle.
1942-03-20
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Coaster-gate crane unloading plate girders from dismantled CBI trestle, on the ready way to the dam, for sandblasting and alteration. They were used in place of trusses in the East Powerhouse roof.
1942-07-17
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Steel from the CBI trestle ready for sandblasting on top of the dam. The plate girders were re-fabricated and used in the east powerhouse roof.
1942-08-04
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"Synchronized" trucks handling a long, heavy section of steel roof girder, transporting it to the east powerhouse.
1942-09-05
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Flooring being placed on the deck of the skipway trestle by means of which concrete buckets were lowered from the mixing plant to cranes on the east powerhouse.
1942-02-23
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Concrete on its way to placement in the walls of the east powerhouse. The view shows the mixing plant; the skipway; and a crane lifting a concrete bucket to a railroad below, from which another crane will pick it up and place it.
1942-07-20
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View down the concrete transfer skipway toward the east powerhouse area.
1942-04-20
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A 150-ton crane on the dam above the left powerhouse, used in assembling and installing coaster gates over the entrances to the penstocks.
1942-04-29
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Looking east over the wheel pits of the east powerhouse.
1942-02-05
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Progress view of the East Powerhouse. The turbine pits are shown in front of the south wall of the powerhouse.
1942-02-23
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View over the east powerhouse from the mixing plant. Concrete transfer skipway in the foreground.
1942-08-07
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The east powerhouse as seen from the roadway on the dam. Portions of the spillway waterfall can be seen in the foreground.
1942-07-06
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Progress photo of the East Powerhouse. Exterior walls of the generator room and service bay are under construction.
1942-08-07
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The first roof girder being placed in the east powerhouse.
1942-08-15
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The east powerhouse from the mixing plant.
1942-09-28
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Various stages of roof-slab forming on the right powerhouse are shown in this view of the west bay in section R8, looking north.
1942-09-28
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The right powerhouse nearing completion. The control bay remains to be added. Plyboard coverings have been placed over the 40' x 17' windows. The elevation of the river is 938.12, and the flow over the spillway, 41,000 c.f.s.
1942-11-05
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Like many old construction landmarks, the CBI concrete mixing plant, often aptly referred to as "the house of magic" because of its almost-automatic operation, is disappearing from the project. It was erected early in 1938, to produce the...
1942-11-27
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New Bureau of Reclamation concrete mixer under construction near sand waste pile. The black box at the top of the building is a three-compartment aggregate storage bin. A cement shed will be constructed behind the building.
1942-10-21
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