Schematic of Concrete Cooling-Pipe System

Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project-Washington Grand Coulee Dam Elevation and Sections

1935-07-15
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Columbia River Dam - Grand Coulee generating, pumping & switch stations preliminary...

1 map : 26 x 43 cm. Scale: 1 in. = 400 ft. Inset: Section thru dam This is a very preliminary design map showing how a dam could be placed at Grand Coulee. Initial excavation for a dam there didn't begin until 1933, by which point...

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Columbia Basin Irrigation Project : all the facts to August, 1930

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Grand Coulee Dam, the eighth wonder of the world, state of Washington

"Latest edition"

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Kettle River Railroad Bridge

By June of 1942 the rising waters of the reservoir had backed the Kettle River up to a sufficient depth to permit removal of the Kettle River railroad bridge by barges and tugs. Here the power tug Paul Bunyan is maneuvering a barge under the last...

1942-06-01
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Break in the "Coulee Wall"

One has to stand beneath these majestic basalt cliffs to truly appreciate their great height, and to trudge across the canyon floors to realize their vast extent. These towering walls, rising layer upon layer, tell of a scene once so spectacular...

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