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Disconnecting switches in the 115,000-volt circuit between the L-1, three-winding transformers and the switch yard.
1942-10-21
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Workmen stringing cable for a 115,000-volt line from the west powerhouse to the switchyard.
1942-04-01
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Workmen using a gin-pole to construct one of several towers which will carry a 230,000volt transmission line from the left powerhouse to the left switchyard.
1942-11-27
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Gerarld Wilson, USBR painter, repainting west vista-house model, used to explain construction procedure to visitors.
1942-04-22
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View down north side of towers in 230-kv. switch yard, looking east.
1942-07-10
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View looking west in the 230-kv. switchyard. General Electric 8-cycle, 230-kv., 2 1/2 million kv.-a. pneumatically operated oil circuit breakers are shown.
1942-09-16
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Grand Coulee Power Plant Left Switchyards-elec. Installation switching diagram.
1944-02-12
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Workmen installing Allis-Chalmers oil circuit breakers in the temporary 115-kv. switchyard.
1942-03-20
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Two-story government garage, completed. A concrete tower for use in draining and drying fire hose is included.
1942-07-01
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Construction view of assembly building site.
1942-07-10
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Erecting some of the steel reclaimed from the Marcus bridge in the assembly building along the railroad, near the cement silos.
1942-08-29
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To expedite the assembling of new turbine and generators and to store government equipment, the Bureau of Reclamation is constructing a large assembly building on the west shore, upstream from the dam. The structure ultimately will be 357 feet...
1942-12-22
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For the purpose of salvaging timber and steel, Bureau of Reclamation crews dismantle the old MWAK bridge below the dam, designed to carry a railroad spur to Mason City. Slides on the east bank stopped the railroad project and confined the use of...
1942-11-05
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View of the Napoleon Bridge, taken from the left bank of the Kettle River, 300' upstream from the bridge site. The bridge spans were shifted from the old piers to higher concrete piers.
1942-04-23
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Great Northern Railroad Relocation- This view of the fill and track at Station 573, which slid out on March 14, was taken from the county road on the south side of the draw and about 300 feet west of the track. The twisted rails can be seen part...
1942-03-16
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Great Northern Railway Relocation- This picture shows the timber bent trestle erected by the Great Northern Railway over the slide at Jessee Creek. It was taken from the west side.
1942-03-31
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Pumping out barges under a steel span of the abandoned Great Northern railroad bridge at Marcus in order to float the span off the piers. The high water mark of the preceding season is shown by the white coating on steel.
1942-02-19
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The motor barge Paul Bunyan moving barges into Marcus bridge. The bridge spans were moved, one at a time, to Coulee Dam, to salvage the wood and steel in them.
1942-02-18
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A steel span of the Marcus bridge just leaving its position, in transit to dam. The two-deck barge is the workmen's living quarters. The tug,"Blue Ox,; is shown in rear of the house boat.
1942-02-19
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A wooden span from the Marcus bridge arriving at the Coulee Dam under tow by the power barge "Paul Bunyan."
1942-02-12
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Landing a Marcus bridge span from barges, in specially prepared slips at Coulee Dam.
1942-02-21
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Workmen removing pins in a steel span of Marcus Bridge at Coulee Dam. The salvaged steel was used in buildings, principally in the assembly building.
1942-02-25
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Workman assembling a torpedo composed of spiral welded pipe section, with reducers attached to small pipe for lead-in firing wire, after being loaded with powder.(Marcus bridge pier removal.
1942-04-03
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Twelve hundred pounds of powder were used to blast one of the Marcus bridge piers loose from its foundation. The water spout is about 40 feet high from the water level. Most of the powder in this shot was about 35 feet below the water surface.
1942-04-03
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Great Northern Railway Relocation- Removing old railroad spans over Kettle River, near Boyds. Placing a barge under one of the spans.
1942-06-07
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