but as it is now universally conceded to be the most rapid, either in the Snake or Columbia River, it would be well to concentrate a large proportion of the next appropriation upon it. As was said in the last annual report, the most important...
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Consolidated Builders' working model of the dam. The small square blocks represent a block pour or 5-foot lift of concrete and are added to the model to show the progress of construction as well as to correlate all construction activities.
1938-11-03
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Image Caption: BEACON ROCK AND FISHWHEEL --page break-- "sized up" the sun had set and it behooved me to make camp—but I could find no suitable place to put up a tent or make a bed. There was a flat bench above the bay on which was the railway...
2004-07-20
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the material excavated was hard blue clay. The city bid for removing the bar, but the price bid exceeding the appropriation, the city offered the use of the dredge free of cost, provided the government would keep it in repair. The engineer in...
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South Coulee Dam--A 16-yard Dixson Wagon Model #250 dumping Zone 1 material at station 20+00, approximate elevation 1570
1947-07-23
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Unit L-7 thrust bearing shoe Y-3, position No. 3, photographed after failing on June 30th, 1948, after 5,353 hours of service. Grand Coulee Power Plant, Columbia Basin Project, Coulee Dam, Washington
1948-07-01
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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Specifications 2844. View of eleven Kit trailers 33'-0 and one old house trailer located at the government housing area awaiting setting up in locations for the temporary housing of government employees.
1950-04-19
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Advancing end of 21 inch reinforced (Class A-50' head) concrete pipe on the Burbank Pump Laterals HP 1.1 Station 50+25. Note groove of pipe filled with mortar. This feature under construction by Mathews Brothers about 7 miles east of Pasco,...
1949-06-27
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East end of high trestle. Snow covers east abutment rock.
1937-02-17
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Deep crevice on east end - location of frozen arch dam was across spill of dark-colored flow near upper left corner.
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West Canal, Specs. 1286, Winston-Utah Co. Welder finishing joints on reinforcing steel. Photo by F.B. Pomeroy.
1948-04-07
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Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam. Exposed bedrock in the center section looking west toward block 40. Derrick equipment mounted on the steel shell on the left and another which is to be mounted on the timber located on the rock, are to be...
1937-04-29
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Excavation equipment removing overburden in center or riverbed section. East end of low trestle shown under Eastmix in upper right corner. Athey and Woolridge buggies below.
1937-03-16
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View of tunnels in the bank
1939-09-02
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Portland District (Cont'd)
PI-37- Radio Station KPOK, Portland
PI-38- League of Women Voters - Clark County, Wash.
PI-39- A. G. Anderson
PI-40- Allan D. Burdick
PI-41- Don Byers
PI-42- Anthony Golden
PI-43- Mark Lankkanen
PI-44-...
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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....
1949-12-14
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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specs. 2411. This photograph from Station 382+, looking downstream, shows the completed gravel trap and open inlet transition. The gravel trap baffles and their drains are clearly...
1950-06-21
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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Soap Lake Siphon, Specs. 2411. This photograph taken from concrete section 84A, looking upstream, shows a man on section 82A. Infra-red was used to accentuate the cloud effect. Work is being performed...
1950-06-09
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Break in 60-inch spoil conveyor crossing Columbia River, due to failure of timber pile support.
1936-02-29
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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd Section West Canal, Specs. 2541. Backfilling around the Winchester Wasteway turnout. Allis Chalmers HD-5 tractor with Tracto-Loader is used to place material and to pull small roller used in areas...
1950-03-24
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Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division, Adrian Gravel Plant--Specifications #1475. Cedar Rapids 20"" x 36"" primary crusher with jaws set at 3 inches, located at Adrian Gravel Plant. Feed hopper is shown at left and blending sand conveyor...
1948-06-02
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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications No. 1286--Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking west into open outlet transition of Dry Coulee Siphon No. 2. The forms are warped from vertical to...
1948-09-28
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Columbia Basin Project--Irrigation Division. East Low Canal--Specifications No. 1422. View of mobile laboratory used to make test cylinders and air entrainment tests of canal lining concrete. Equipment shown includes half-cubic foot unit weight...
1948-09-08
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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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Siletzia is a basaltic Paleocene and Eocene
large igneous province in coastal Oregon,
Washington, and southern Vancouver Island
that was accreted to North America in the
early Eocene. New U-Pb magmatic, detrital
zircon, and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages...
2014-07-14 (iso8601)
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