Construction methods and Long Lake dam--workman unloading bulk cement

Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division. West Canal and East Low Canal--Specifications 1286 and 1422. Workman unloading bulk cement with Butler Car scoop. Job Hazards are minimized by the use of proper safety equipment. H.E. Foss, photographer.

1948-09-08

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--mobile laboratory

Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division. East Low Canal--Specifications No. 1422. View of mobile laboratory used to make test cylinders and air entrainment tests of canal lining concrete. Equipment shown includes half-cubic foot unit weight...

1948-09-08

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--inspecting the canal lining

Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division. East Low Canal, Specifications #1422. View shows inspector making slump test on canal lining concrete. Remaining concrete in wheelbarrow will be used to make concrete cylinders, yield and air...

1948-10-05

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--inspecting the moisture of lining concrete

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Long Lake Dam. Assistant Resident Engineer, Donald B. McLaren checking fill moisture by the use of a proctor plasticity penetrometer. Representative material from the spread and processed lift is...

1948-05-24

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--defective concrete [02]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 3rd Section East Low Canal, Specs. 2879. Defective concrete removed on pin bearings, Weber Wasteway Turnout Sta. 1951+00, East Low Canal. Anchor bolts welded to re-steel for additional strength. Work is...

1950-10-31

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--defective concrete [01]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 3rd Section East Low Canal, Specs. 2879. Defective concrete removed on pin bearings, Weber Wasteway Turnout Sta. 1951+00, East Low Canal. Anchor bolts welded to re-steel for additional strength. Work is...

1950-10-31

Equipment failures--failure of L-3 turbine [01]

Failure of L-3 Turbine. Note: deflector plates wedged between crown plate and runner looking east by south-east

1945-06-15

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--rock pockets

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 3rd Section East Low Canal and Weber Wasteway Turnout. Specifications No. 2879. Rock pockets caused by insufficient vibration. Note the reinforcing steel in the lower right corner of the photograph and...

1950-09-22

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--rock pockets and exposed reinforcing steel

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 3rd Section East Low Canal and Weber Wasteway Turnout Structure, Specifications No. 2879. Gate support showing rock pocket and exposed reinforcing steel prior to chipping. Inadequate vibration has...

1950-09-22

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--reinforcing steel for Weber Wasteway

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 3rd Section East Low Canal and Weber Wasteway, Specs. 2879. Forms and reinforcing steel for culvert, Weber Wasteway Sta. 88+97.28, under Chicago, Milwaukie, St. Paul and Pacific Railway. Shoofly in the...

1950-09-22

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--bulldozer pushing material into position

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2541, West Canal, Second Section. Contractor: Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. Bulldozer pushing material into final position in stockpile produced by M.E. Nelson Construction Company,...

1950-03-21

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--construction of bins and rescreening plant

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2541, West Canal, Second Section. Contractor: Morrison-Knudsen Inc. View shows construction of bins and rescreening plant installed by subcontractor M.E. Nelson Construction Company...

1950-03-21

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--laying concrete for Long Lake Dam

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2324, Schedule I, Long Lake Headworks and Concrete Canal Lining and Structures, Station 745+80 to Station 1101+29.0. Contractor: George B. Henly Construction Co., Inc. View of Long...

1949-09-28

Equipment failures--failure of L-3 turbine [02]

Failure of L-3 Turbine. Note: deflector plate on top of runner and the one deflector plate that was left in original position. Also scored condition of runner top rib

1945-06-15

Equipment failures--thrust bearing discs for unit L-3

View of eight thrust bearing discs for unit L-3. The discs are laying upside down to indicate worn spots in the centers where the jack screws had made contact. The depth of these holes varied from 0.005"" to 0.007"" Grand Coulee Power...

1945-10-22

Equipment failures--cracked and bent terminal stud

View of cracked and bent terminal stud on top of Westinghouse 230-kv bushing serial No. 3 for 36,000-kva transformers purchased under specifications No. 1025

1947-07-30

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--Long Lake Headworks during concrete placing [02]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2324, Schedule I, Long Lake Headworks and Concrete Canal Lining and Structures, Station 745+80 to Station 1101+29.0--Constractor: George B. Henly Construction Co., Inc. View of Long...

1949-09-28

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--Dry Coulee Siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications No. 1286--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking west into open outlet transition of Dry Coulee Siphon No. 2. The forms are warped from vertical to...

1948-09-28

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--man stands in concrete chute

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Third Section, West Canal, Specification 2844, Schedule 3. View looking upstream from invert of stilling pool at Station 2044+50 West Canal approximately, showing end of concrete chute at Station...

1950-11-09

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--open outlet transition of Dry Coulee Siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications No. 1286--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., contractor. Open outlet transition of Dry Coulee Siphon No. 2 showing back forms. Transition warps from vertical with a...

1948-09-24

Riverbanks and slope protection--numbered rocks

View towards northwest from deflection sheave #5, showing large rocks on riprap with their identifying numbers painted on them. A similar photo taken after 1948 high-waster will show to what extent the large rocks are moved by the high water. See...

1948-03-05

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--backfill work

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Long Lake Headworks, Specs. 2324. View of the Headworks structure taken from the left canal bank opposite station755+00 looking upstream and showing start of backfill work behind the outlet warp...

1950-03-28

Riverbanks and slope protection--placing an armor rock on the bank

Placing a granite armor rock weighing well over six tons on the left bank of the Columbia River. The rock is from the upriver quarry. This work is being performed by J.A. Terteling and Sons, Inc., under provisions of negotiated contract I2r-18456,...

1949-04-26

Riverbanks and slope protection--armor rock along the bank [01]

Showing granite armor rock along the left riverbank below Grand Coulee Dam ready for placing in section ""A."" The rock is obtained from the upriver quarry. This work is performed by J.A. Terteling and Sons, Inc., under provisions of negotiated...

1949-04-26

Riverbanks and slope protection--man stands next to armor rock

First placement of granite armor rock at the downriver end of section ""A."" Note the size of the rock in comparison to the man; armor rock weighing over 10 tons has been placed. This rock is obtained from the upriver quarry under work performed...

1949-04-26