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Seattle District (Cont'd) SI-50- Benjamin B. Graf SI-51- Federation of Fly Fishermen SI-52- Willis E. Smith SI-53- Columbia Basin Development League SI-54- Inland Empire Big Game Council SI-55- Charles W. Hodde SI-56- Benton Rural...

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--removing dust from coal-tar primer

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specificatiosn 2411. Workmen removing dust from coal-tar primer prior to applying coal-tar enamel. Rags wrapped around sweep brooms are used. The enameling stage is in the background....

1950-07-17

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--lateral turnout near completion

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications No. 2541, Schedule No. 2, Earthwork, Concrete Lining and Structures, Station 734+85 to Station 1229+74, West Canal. Contractor: Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. Lateral turnout at 1059+54...

1949-10-17

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--inlet transition

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, East Low Canal, Specifications 1422, Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros., Contractor. Looking east across the Broken Rock Siphon No. 1 showing the completed barrel section and construction of the...

1949-08-04

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels-- lowering a "can"

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon. Lowering a "can" for placement in the steel-lined section of the Siphon (Schedule II).

1949-07-01

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels-- Bacon Siphon and Main Canal

Columbia Basin Project. Irrigation Division. Bacon Siphon, Specifications 1236, T.E. Connolly Inc., Contractor. Bacon Siphon and Main Canal looking upstream from top of cliff above inlet to the Bacon Tunnel. Canal is completed with inlet structure...

1949-05-04

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Source SI-32, 35 WI-20, 33, 35, 69 PI-25 F-19 Tentative Disposition SI-32, 35 E F-19 WI-25 F B Problem or Area of Concern 12. It is suggested that a study be made to establish criteria and locate areas where it would be...

Downstream Cross-River Cofferdam Construction

Placing cribs in downstream cross-river cofferdam and removing section "H" of west cofferdam. Aggregate conveyor suspension bridge in the center.

1936-11-20
2024-11-06

Equipment for construction, transportation, and maintenance--"mucker" working inside a...

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Bacon Tunnel. Photo shows "mucker" working inside the tunnel, T.E. Connolly Company, Inc., contractor. Location approx. 5 miles south of Coulee City, Wash.

1946-12-19

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--Long Lake Headworks during concrete placing [02]

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--Constractor: George B. Henly Construction Co., Inc. View of Long...

1949-09-28

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--rock pockets and exposed reinforcing steel

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 3rd Section East Low Canal and Weber Wasteway Turnout Structure, Specifications No. 2879. Gate support showing rock pocket and exposed reinforcing steel prior to chipping. Inadequate vibration has...

1950-09-22

Construction methods and Long Lake dam--workman unloading bulk cement

Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division. West Canal and East Low Canal--Specifications 1286 and 1422. Workman unloading bulk cement with Butler Car scoop. Job Hazards are minimized by the use of proper safety equipment. H.E. Foss, photographer.

1948-09-08

Government Camp on Columbia River

Center portion of Government Camp, looking down Douglas Avenue - Administration Building in the foreground

1935-06-28
2024-11-06

Farm development--plowing Rye

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Pasco Settlers. Ken Marvin, Unit 47, plows under a field of rye for green manure. The rye was planted last fall as a nurse crop only, and surprised him by growing beyond all expectations

1950-04-28

Westside Cofferdam

Beginning Construction of west side cofferdam

1935-01-01
2024-11-06

Map of Benton County, 1932 : rev. to June 9, 1937.

1 map ; 74 x 92 cm. Insets: Kennewick; Prosser. Blue line print. Benton County is best known as the site where the Atomic Energy Commission placed its Hanford site in 1943, six years after this map, for the continuation of the Manhattan Project...

2024-11-06

Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project

2024-11-06

Grand Coulee Dam site looking west, December 1933

Note on album leaf: Grand Coulee Dam site, looking west, December 1933.
In the vicinity of Seaton's Ferry.

PH Coll 239.4

2024-11-06

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One means of facilitating such development was through the allocation of power profits for assistance to irrigation. The effect of the mechanism, known as a basin account, would be to pool all the costs and benefits of federal projects...

The ammonifying, nitrifying and respiration power of certain soils found in three...

1961-05-17 (iso8601)

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Pipe Lines Pipe-line transportation in the basin is of comparative insignificance at the present time. The few shortlines are used for the distribution of gas produced at central plants. The line extending southward from Portland to serve...

page 271

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....

Ku on the Columbia : Hawaiian laborers in the Pacific Northwest fur industry

Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of ethnic groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from 1810 through 1850. The Hudson's Bay Company employed them at Ft. Vancouver, Washington from 1825...

1993-04-19 (iso8601)

Grain hay and pasture in the Columbia Basin

1955-05 (iso8601)

Climate Change and Oregon’s Water Future

The specter of climate change looms large over Oregon. Although hydroclimatologic models predict a warmer Oregon, the total volume of precipitation may not change significantly. However, the character (rain vs. snow) and spatial and temporal...

2011-05-24 (iso8601)