Farm development--results of irrigation

Main Lateral, Pasco Unit, showing agricultural development one year after the area began receiving water. Compare this photograph with a pre-irrigation picture taken from the same point. See photo 15429-3

1949-08-24

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--blending machine operations

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section East Low Canal, Specs. 2603. Steel Construction Co. of Oregon, sub-contractor for J.A. Terteling and Sons. Blending machine operations. H.E. Foss, photographer.

1950-09-14

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--outlet of drainage culvert

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2844. Third Section, West Canal, Schedule No. 1 and 2--Contractor: Marshall, Haas, and Royce, Haas and Rothschild--View showing outlet or downstream end of drainage culvert at Station...

1950-07-11

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels-- hot water heating plant

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section East Low Canal, Specifications No. 2603. Job fabricated wood burning hot water heating plant set up at jobsite in preparation for cold weather control of concrete temperatures. Water is...

1950-10-02

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels-- soap lake siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specifications No. 2411, Winston Brothers and Utah Construction Co., Contractors. This photograph is of the same area as photo No. 3220-04 but looking downstream. The men in the right...

1949-10-06

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--Long Lake Headworks during concrete placing [01]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2324, Schedule 1, Long Lake Headworks and Concrete Canal Lining and Structures, Station 745+80 to Station 1101+29.0--Main Canal. Contractor: George B. Henly Construction Co., Inc....

1949-11-28

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

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--bending reinforcement bars

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal. Spec. #1286--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co. contractor. Bending reinforcing bars for Dry Coulee

1947-05-26

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--completed Long Lake Dam

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 1401, Long Lake Dam, Contractor: J.A. Terteling and Sons, Inc. A view of the completed dam from the east abutment. Long Lake Dam is 2 miles northeast of Stratford, Wa. Harold Foss,...

1949-10-11

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IRRIGATED LAND POTENTIAL IRRIGATION PROJECT EXISTING RESERVOIR RESERVOIR SITE SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY WATER POWER PLANT(I,000 H.P CAP., OR MORE) POTENTIAL POWER PLANT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT LOWER COLUMBIA SUBDIVISION

United States Department of the Interior Fred A. Seaton, Secretary Bureau of...

1960-11-21
2024-11-21

Equipment failures--damaged drill bit

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specifications 2411, Utah Construction Company and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. This photograph of two 2-inch I.R. insert bits. The one on the left is new. The one on the right has...

1949-05-10

Farm development--workman installing 42""pipe [01]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, W-3 Laterals, Specs. 2880. W-25 Lateral Station 11+84.50 State Highway #7 crossing. Workman installing 43"" Class ""D"" pipe. Work is being performed by J.A. Terteling and Sons, Inc. under Schedule 1 of...

1950-11-08

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--stratification of material in test pit...

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Potholes East Canal. View showing size of fractures in stratified material in test pit at Station 499+00. Bottom margin of photo is approximately elev. 1027. View inclines upward along corner behind...

1948-09-02

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--interior of outlet tunnel

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Long Lake Dam. Spec. #1401--J.A. Terteling and Sons, Contractor. Outlet works tunnel taken from outlet portal. Long lake Dam is two miles northeast of Stratford, Wash. A.W. Bauman, photographer

1947-06-09

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--man stands next to the siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specs 2411. This comparison photograph shows a man standing on the right side of lined section 79A. The direction of flow through the siphon is from left to right of the picture. Work...

1950-06-09

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels-- Dry Coulee Siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications 1286, Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking east along the west canal showing Dry Coulee Siphon No. 2 in the foreground, the section of 12-foot...

1949-05-25

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels-- crab creek siphon [02]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, East Low Canal, Specifications No. 1422--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking northeasterly over Crab Creek Siphon No. 1. Bifurcation works junction of Main, West, and East...

1943-08-30

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

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--flash-pressure welding machine

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal. Spec. #1286--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co. contractor. View of flash-pressure welding machine in operation, welding 1-3/4"" square reinforcing hoop. A.W. Bauman, photographer.

1947-05-22

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--days after construction begins on Long Lake Dam

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Long Lake Dam, Spec. #1401, J.A. Terteling and Sons, contractor. Long Lake Dam 169 days after start of construction. Long Lake Dam is two miles northeast of Stratford, Washington. A.W. Bauman,...

1947-05-14

Reconnaissance in Southeastern Washington

This document describes the climate, vegetation, topography and drainage, geological formations (metamorphic rocks, Kittitas system, Columbia lava, clay and gravel interstratified with the Columbia lava, John Day system, river terraces, and...

1897-11-21

Farm development--Plowing

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Pasco Settlers. Plowing scene on Unit 47, with an excellent stand of alfalfa in the background. Ken Marvin is doing the plowing, rents the farm from owner. H. Foss, photographer

1950-04-28

Farm development--workman installing 42""pipe [03]

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, W-3 Laterals, Specs. 2880. W-25 Lateral Station 11+84.50 State Highway #7 crossing. Workman installing 43"" Class ""D"" pipe. Work is being performed by J.A. Terteling and Sons, Inc. under Schedule 1 of...

1950-11-08