Water for Food and Fiber. Speech to the Columbia River Water Congress. Wenatchee,...

Speech about water use for agricultural purposes.

1966-04-01
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Aerial View 1939

The 1939 flood stage of the Columbia River is diverted over low blocks in the spillway section of Grand Coulee Dam. Concrete placing, which is in progress on either side of the spillway, will be resumed therein when the flood waters subside. To...

1939-05-23
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Farm development--cracked irrigation pipe

Cracked 18"" irrigation pipe on Pasco Pump Laterals PP-6.0-0.5-1.3 Station 86+74.5-87+01.5 looking upstream. Pipe burst due to internal pressure when testing pipe line. Pipe laid in October, 1946. Tested October, 1948. A.F. Swanson, photographer

1948-11-09

page III-63

Source WI-69 WI-69 I-2 F-11 C C WI-61 F-11 Tentative Disposition A Problem or Area of Concern 3. Study withdrawals from Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. COMMENT: Corps is studying in connection with issuance of permits for...

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network, since all 345-kilovolt facilities in the planning stage were changed to 500-kilovolt lines and substations. The era which encompassed the construction of the Intertie was also a period of major expansion for the BPA grid which totaled...

Summary of Views Presented in Attachment 1

Document: Summary of Views Presented in Attachment 1, March 1965, page 2

1965-03-01

Course - water resources management, July 5-14

Images of water resources management projects compiled for a course taught by Everett V. Richardson at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Image numbers correspond to a script, "Lecture 13. Rainfall-runoff and sedimentation systems" in the...

1978-05-19
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Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- aerial view of feeder canal

An aerial view of the feeder canal looking west. The surface runoff chutes on the right slope of the canal in the foreground area are at stations 45+05 and 48+60, respectively. The slide cracks are visible at the left center. A good view of the...

1947-10-21

Senate Reports 70th Congress, 1st Session (December 5, 1927--May 29, 1928) Public Vol....

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Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes--suction elbow installation

View shows progress of P-1-Second Stage Phase two. Suction elbow installation to date. Contract 12r-18156. Contractors-Morrison Knudsen Company Inc. and Peter Kiewit Sons-Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Project.

1950-09-27

House Reports 70th Congress, 2d Session (December 3, 1928--March 4, 1929) Public Vol....

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Irrigation and You

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Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes--digging out the tunnels

View of heavy machinery digging tunnel into the bank

1938-07-26

page III-140

Source Tentative Disposition F WI-69 C PI-39 D F-19 SI-11, 19, 35 PI-21, 24, 35, 36 Problem or Area of Concern 2. At some locations in the Columbia River and tributaries F-7, 11 region, it may be desirable to transfer subbasin...

page 182

route in their annual migrations. Although little food for waterfowl is available in the clear, swift streams, the lakes provide feeding and resting spots. Flathead Lake is highly important as a nesting place for Canada geese. Nearly 5,000 acres...

Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes--view of tunnels in the bank [01]

View of tunnels in the bank

1939-09-02

Farm development-- inspecting a potato field

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division. Moses Lake Development Farm 2 miles east of Moses Lake. Twelve hours after a 3/4 inch rain which fell between 5pm to 10pm September 16th, water was standing in alternate furrows in the low flat areas of...

1947-09-17

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high-voltage cables were installed from the unit transformers to the switchyard. Rated at 525,000 volts, when installed, these were the only known cables carrying this voltage in oil-filled pipes anywhere in the world. The total cost of the...

Letter Concerning Progress in California

Letter: FromLawrence Mehren, Chairman, Central Arizona Project Association, to Stewart Udall, January 5, 1965 (thermofax), page 1

1965-01-05

House Reports 70th Congress, 1st Session (December 5, 1927--May 29, 1928) Public Vol....

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Proceeding of Northwest Irrigation and Development Congress Held at Seattle, Washington...

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Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- aerial view of site of North...

An aerial view of the site of North Coulee Dam which extends from the stripped area at the lower left hand corner to the large basalt rock in the center of the picture. The power shovel is working approximately at the center of the proposed earth dam

1949-06-15

Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes--view of tunnels in the bank [02]

View of men working on tunnels cut into the bank

1938-09-27

Goose Flats site

GOOSE FLATS SITE Background Historical background of the Omak Lake—Goose Lake pumped-storage project can be obtained from the Corps of Engineers' report to Congress entitled "Water Resource Development, Columbia River Basin, June, 1958."...

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KLICKITAT RES. SITE GREENWOOD PROJ. HORSE HEAVEN (UMATILLA RAPIDS PROJ.) ROOSEVELT PROJ. UNDERWOOD PROJ. POWER SITE COLD SPRINGS (UMATILLA RAPIDS PROJ. STAGE GULCH RES. SITE PENDLETON PROJ. HEPPNER RES. SITE BUTTER CR....