Canal lining and construction--top deck of trimmer

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. Photo of top deck of trimmer taken from the stacker belt. Shows power units, welding equipment, etc. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule...

1950-06-16

Canal lining and construction--Liner moving along the bank

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division. 2nd Section, West Canal, Specs. 2541. The liner moving along the left main bank east of Soap Lake at about station 369. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule 1 of the above...

1950-09-13

Canal lining and construction--compacted core bank construction

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 1st Section Potholes East Canal, Specs. 2787. Compacted core bank construction in thoro-fill section Sta. 330 to 348. All material hauled from borrow areas by WD-10 scrapers and rolled with sheepsfoot...

1950-06-22

Canal lining and construction-- schedule II excavation

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specifications No. 2411, Utah Construction Company and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. This view of the Schedule II excavation looking downstream from station 465/50/, shows the 1"" sq....

1949-09-08

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--rooter pulled by tractor through cemented gravel

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2541, Schedule No. 2, Earthwork, Concrete Lining and Structures, Station 734+85 to Station 1229+74, West Canal. Contractor: Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. LaPlant-Choate rooter pulled...

1949-05-20

House Reports 69th Congress, 2d Session. Compact for allocating the waters of the...

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Farm development--view of slip form used for lining Pasco Pump

View looking downstream showing slip form used in placing 3-inch concrete lining in Pasco Pump Lateral System, PPL Sta. 46+50, 10 to 15 miles northwest of Pasco, Washington, which is under construction by J.A. Terteling and Sons, Inc.,...

1947-03-15

Canal lining and construction--car parked in completed section of Main Canal

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Main Canal. General view of completed section of Main Canal, looking west (downstream). H. Foss, photographer.

1949-10-11

Canal lining and construction--dozer in backfill operation

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Long Lake Headworks, Specs. 2324. View from the operation deck looking N.W. at slab #1 right. Hand compacted backfill operations are being conducted by pushing material over the top with a D-& dozer. A...

1950-05-12

Canal lining and construction--two men use daimond drill on lining

Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division, 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. Diamond drill crew taking a sample of the lining for visual inspection of the concrete and grooves. Work is being performed by government forces from Coulee Dam....

1950-06-16

Canal lining and construction-- view of completed lining, and curing jumbo

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. View of curing jumbo and completed lining from the finishing jumbo. Four workmen are applying white pigmented curing compound to the concrete lining. Work is being...

1950-03-03

Canal lining and construction--manual sloping

Columbia Basin project, Irrigation division, Main Canal, Specifications No. 2324, Western Contracting Corporation contractors. Rolling compacted cushion on 1st slope of main canal densities have been obtained with from six to eight passes on a 4...

1949-07-19

Canal lining and construction--blasting

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation division, Specifications No. 2648, Winchester Wasteway, Earthwork and Structures Station 1/28.67 to station 964/00. Contractor: J.A. Tertling and Sons, Inc. Blasting in the vicinity of Station 7/00 in the chute...

1949-10-26

Canal lining and construction-- montage

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division. This is a montage showing various stages in the construction of the West and East low canals. From the upper left proceeding clockwise: sloping; tamping; paving, West Canal; spraying, paving, East Low...

1949-03-17

Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- man gives scale to Bacon Siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Bacon Siphon and Bacon Tunnel. Looking into the downstream end of the Bacon Siphon from the point where it joins the Bacon Tunnel. The structure here has an inside diameter of 23-feet, 3-inches and when...

1950-04-27

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

Map of main canal, gravity plan (1923)

1 map ; negative, 13 x 35 cm. Before the arrival to Washington State of the first irrigation projects handled by the U.S. Reclamation Service, the Northern Pacific Railroad and other railway companies funded private irrigation projects in...

2024-11-22

Farm development--application of concrete curing compound at Pasco Pump

View showing application of curing compound to newly placed 3-inch concrete lining on the Pasco Pump Lateral system which is under construction by J. A. Terteling and Sons, Inc. Specifications 1230, PPL Sta. 45+00, 10 to 15 miles northwest of...

1947-03-15

Canal lining and construction--moving the lining machine

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section, West Canal, Specs. 2541. Moving the lining machine from the west to the east side of Soap Lake. The man walking behind the liner is pointing at the vibrating tube. Directly to the right,...

1950-09-13

Canal lining and construction--lining the canal, Ephrata in the background

Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division, 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. Lining the canal through the city of Ephrata at about Station 757. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule 2 of above Specifications. H.E....

1948-07-19

Canal lining and construction--man trowels the curb on the top of the canal

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. Concrete finisher troweling the curb at the top edge of the lining with a specially shaped tool. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule 2...

1950-05-03

Canal lining and construction--the sump of the gravel trap

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specifications 2411. This photograph shows the sump of the gravel trap and the partially constructed open inlet transition. The gap between the concrete and the circular re-steel is...

1950-05-09

Canal lining and construction--trimmer in operation

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division. 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. Trimmer at about sta. 366+00. Soap Lake in the background. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule 1 of above Specifications. H.E. Foss,...

1950-09-18

Canal lining and construction--cat with ripper

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Third Section, West Canal, Specifications 2844, Schedule No. 1 and 2. View in bottom of West Canal as excavated at Statio 1272/00 looking downstream at D 8 Cat with ripper working at loosening caliche...

1950-11-09