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Take-off towers on left powerhouse roof for transformer circuits from units L-1, L-2, L-3. A temporary 115,000-volt Bonneville tie-in line from the station service units is connected to the tower on the left. The tower at the right is nearing...
1941-04-18
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General view, looking south, of site for the 115-kv. and 230-kv. left switchyards of the power transmission system.
1941-05-05
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Steel towers rising above fog in the 230-kv. left switchyard. The tower at the right is the first in one of the transmission lines to Bonneville.
1941-11-18
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Take-off towers in bay LY-1 of the 17 bay, 230-kilovolt left switchyard formed one end of the fist transmission lines to join Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams. The circuit was temporarily strung to this bay because of a shortage of steel for...
1941-11-18
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Government schoolhouse in Coulee Dam. An addition to the building has been completed at the rear (left end of photo);
1941-01-06
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Control cable tunnel, two-thirds of a mile long and 12 feet in diameter, for carrying the electrical lines that will someday join the dam's two powerhouses into a common network. Conduits have been embedded in the concrete floor, and cable trays,...
1941-11-17
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View looking downstream over the reservoir area from WPA Camp Gifford, taken from a point at elevation 1290, the ultimate high-water line of the reservoir. Burning of the debris piles in the foreground will complete all clearing seen in this view.
1941-02-15
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General view of Columbia River reservoir area, looking north from a point about 2-1/2 miles north of the old Hunters Ferry. This area has been logged, and cleared of all brush, stumps, and slashings. Clearing work was done by WPA forces.
1941-02-15
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Site of Kettle Falls on the Columbia River, with the Columbia River reservoir water surface at elevation 1239 feet. Note boat towing log boom whose destination is a sawmill near the old town of Peach.
1941-07-19
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The last tree remaining on the Columbia River reservoir area, being felled by Mr. F.A. Banks, Supervising Engineer of the Bureau of Reclamation, and Mr. Carl W. Smith, State Administrator of the Work Projects Administration. The location is in the...
1941-07-19
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Excursion boat,;"Miss Coulee,; passing Whitestone Rock, a picturesque landmark about 27 miles above the Grand Coulee Dam.
1941-04-21
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Relocated PSH No. 22 and the relocated Great Northern Railroad line south of Powell, Washington. The Powell overpass appears in the background.
1941-07-01
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A section of the relocated State Highway No. 22, south of Marcus, Washington.
1941-07-29
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The Spokane River bridge at the Narrows, construction of which is nearing completion. This bridge is the new crossing for PSH No. 22 over the Spokane River arm of the reservoir.
1941-10-14
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PSH No. 3 highway overpass at the east end of the Kettle Falls bridge.
1941-05-27
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Recently completed highway overpass on PSH No. 3, near Barstow, Washington.
1941-10-22
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Paul Bunyan boat passing over the submerged site of Kettle Falls. New highway and railroad bridges completed.
1941-07-19
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Hall Creek Bridge, on the recently completed section of Ferry County road between Mink Creek and Stranger Creek.
1941-12-10
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Relocation of Highways & Railroads in Columbia River Reservoir.
1941-12-15
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Great Northern Railway relocation, Marcus Washington. This view of the main portion of Marcus was taken from a point above the railroad grade, southeast of Marcus. The Columbia Hotel is at the left, and the old school building is beyond the hotel....
1941-03-05
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Columbia River reservoir. The old town site of Marcus in the foreground, with the abandoned Great Northern Railroad bridge at the right. Water surface of the reservoir is at elevation 1252.5.
1941-07-29
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General view of construction of railroad and highway bridges at Kettle Falls, looking south. The old highway bridge, in the background, will be removed later.
1941-02-15
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The first train to pass over the relocated Great Northern Railroad grade between Kettle Falls and Boyds leaving the kettle Falls bridge.
1941-05-26
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East approaches to highway and railroad bridges across the Columbia River reservoir at Kettle Falls.
1941-12-09
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Kettle River Gorge bridges. Steel erection on the truss span of the railroad bridges in the foreground is nearing completion. The county road bridge appears in the background.
1941-03-28
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