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

Steelhead jumping Kettle Falls

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Indian jump trap

Indian "jump-trap" on Kettle Falls for steelhead and salmon

1935-09-18

Falls on Rock Creek near Stevenson, Washington

The falls are impassable and are twenty five feet high.

1936-11-03
2003-01-01

Fishing boats

One-man gill net boat with power roller and two-man stern picker boat near Ilwaco, Washington

1937-07-31
2003-01-01

Mending gill nets in Ilwaco

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1937-06-30
2003-01-01

One and two-man gill boats near Ilwaco, Washington

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1937-07-31
2003-01-01

A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Pacific Northwest

Document: "Snake-Colorado Project, A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Southwest", October, 1963, page 12

1963-10-01

A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Pacific Northwest

Document: "Snake-Colorado Project, A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Southwest", October, 1963, page 4

1963-10-01

Secretary Udall Moves

Document: "Secretary Udall Moves," America, Febuary 13, 1965, page 2

1965-02-13

Idaho State Department of Reclamation Report on the Allocation of the Columbia River...

2024-05-17
2024-05-17

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--setting gate vales on pump

Setting one of three 16-inch gate valves on pump discharge pipes in the Burbank Pump Plant. This feature under construction about 7 miles east of Pascoe, Washington by Pfieffer and Hohner. Specifications R1-CB-16 H.E. Foss, photographer

1949-10-20

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

Canal lining and construction-- view of finisher's platform from inside the canal

West Canal, Specs. 1286, Winston-Utah Co. Finishers' platform following Guntert and Zimmerman paver.

1948-04-07

Canal lining and construction--reinforcing steel crew at work

West Canal, Specs. 1286, Winston-Utah Co. Reinforcing steel crew at work, aided by truck-mounted crane on jumbo. Bridge of jumbo is a war-surplus Baily Bridge. Photo by F.B. Pomeroy.

1948-04-07

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

View of heavy machinery digging tunnel into the bank

1938-07-26

Three Native American men spearing salmon on rapids of Columbia River. Prentiss photo

Black and white image of three Native American men fishing from rocks at Celilo Falls. All hold long poles or spears. Two are wearing caps, while one wears what looks like a knitted cap. Two of the men wear overalls; all have long sleeves and...

2004-03-24

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

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Potholes East Canal. View showing stratification and fracturing in material in test pit at Sta. 499+00 at elevation 1028. View looks horizontally at corner behind miner in photo 2059-4 from same...

1948-09-02

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--man stands on Dry Coulee Siphon

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications No. 1286--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking easterly over completed portion of Dry Coulee Siphon No. 1 from Section 172. Steel yard, where...

1948-09-15

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--rolling the liner plate

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specifications No. 2411--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros., Contractor. This photograph shows a "liner plate" about three quarters rolled. H.E. Foss, photographer

1949-06-27

Salmon pocketed in seine

Pocketing fish in seine preparatory to loading fish in skiff at the Van Dusen Sands near Astoria