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air. I was taking no chances of a last-minute bolt from the still restive Imshallah, however, and skirted the sandy bank so closely that twice I found myself mixed up in the remains of the past season's salmon-traps. Passing a big sawmill, I...
2004-08-24
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to a luminous blur behind the pall of the sand-filled air, and the wind, which headed us every now and then, about neutralized the impulse of the acceleraing current. There was a forty-miles-an-hour sandstorm blowing when we beached the boat under...
2004-08-17
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"Ye're right," he assented, after ejecting the inevitable squirt of tobacco and parking the residuary quid out of the way of his tongue as a squirrel stows a nut; "ye're right ; five minutes fer eloosidashun an' r'h'rsal." As usual, Ike...
2004-08-16
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IMPROVEMENT OF MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER
Showing location of Jetty and part constructed up to June 30th 1886
Sent with Annual Report 1886
[signature] Capt. of Engrs.
Fort Stevens
Sand covered with drift
Old outlet from lagoon...
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seemed to block the whole channel. From Captain Armstrong's description, this was the exact point where the trouble with his tipsy bow-paddler had occurred, the little difficulty which had been the cause of his leaving the salvaged cask of Scotch...
2004-08-09
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The lecturer at the Government's West Vista house displays a cross section of the spillway of the dam. He is pointing out the location of the 102" diameter outlet conduits, the downstream ends of which are also visible in the model of the dam.
2024-11-06
2024-11-06 |
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Image Caption: FIRST GATE IN CELILO CANAL, STORE ON RIGHT --page break-- than that below it, and to which it must be lowered. This is done by opening the sluice-ways at the lower gates, and as the water subsides the vessel goes down with it to...
2004-07-20
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Image Caption: CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL BRIDGE AT BEVERLY --page break-- turn three times before I could get her out of the whirlpool and once more in the current, which she reached bow forward, and immediately flashed past the face of the...
2004-07-20
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couple, two young men, and two grown girls. The day was Sunday and the young men were evidently visitors.
On making my wants known the young men immediately agreed to help me, and the girls following, we all retraced my trail back to the edge of...
2004-07-19
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Image Caption: HEAD OF NARROWS, LOOKING DOWN STREAM --page break-- for the first time since leaving Columbia Lake, there was a light breeze in my favor, and going ashore I cut two willow sticks, about seven feet long, each with a crotch at the...
2004-07-14
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View of concrete specimens being tested for resistance to sulfate waters in ponds at elevation 1930 southwest of the 230-Kv switchyard at Coulee Dam. View shows cylinders, bars, and posts from test batches 48-72 setting in original alkali pond...
1949-11-18
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PP-8.0 relift pump of 3H.P. used to deliver 3 cu. Ft./sec. to two farm units. Temporary electrical equipment installed on pole structure for 1948 irrigation season. Portable sheet metal house behind house will be set over installation for...
1949-01-05
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Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division. West and East Low Canals--Specifications 1286 and 1422. Winston Bros. Co. and Utah Construction Company, Contractors. View shows entire group of cores removed to date from 4 1/2-inch canal lining....
1948-10-28
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PLAT OF CANAL FLAT OR MC GILLIVRAY'S PORTAGE
SELKIRK MTS. CANALFLAT STATION KOOTENAY CENTRAL RAILWAY
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north, and smaller end, is a rude board bunk without a mattress. Other furnishings, there are none. I decided to make the...
2004-06-30
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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
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View of men working on tunnels cut into the bank
1938-09-27
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South Coulee Dam--Cleanup placing operations on foundation, station 71+50 to 74+00. Narrow-drum roller is compacting Zone 1 and Zone 2 embankment upstream of cutoff wall. The dozer is preparing a ramp to facilitate cleanup work in inaccessible...
1947-07-23
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