registering "unbounded wonderment," but the light was never right for it up to the morning of our departure, and then there wasn't time.
It rained and snowed all that night and most of the following day. During the afternoon of the latter the...
2004-08-09
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haystack trying to find it. But the cache above Canoe River—ah, that was another matter ! Captain Armstrong could be absolutely depended upon in a matter of that kind, and the directions sounded right as rain. Yes, he quite understood that I...
2004-08-09
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An 18-foot diameter penstock liner section is delivered to the left powerhouse. The crane will lift the big steel pipe from the railroad car and lower it into a turbine pit for installation in one of the nine penstock tunnels.
1940-02-12
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Winter's icy grip on a spillway bridge pier at Grand Coulee Dam.
1940-11-12
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Image caption: NO. 402. CASCADE LOCKS, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON. LOOKING UP CANAL FROM A POINT ON NORTH SIDE OF LOWER LOCK.
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Defenses of the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, 'in charge of Major Henry M. Robert, Corps of Engineers.—These defenses consist of Fort Stevens on the south side, and three detached batteries at Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, on...
2004-08-25
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At the controls of the concrete mixing plant. On the chart is recorded the weight of sand, gravel, cement, and water that makes up each batch of concrete. The chart also shows which of the four mixers below received the batch of aggregate, cement,...
1939-11-02
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Exhaust blowers were used to ventilate the pumping plant discharge tunnels while excavation was in progress.
1939-01-09
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At Consolidated Builders' sand classifier plant, the Toledo scale, with chronoflow recording attachment, weighs the quantity of sand produced. Each of the three scales is attached to a conveyor belt which carries sand of one size range.
1938-08-26
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The City of Moscow and the University of Idaho are the principal users of ground water in Moscow basin. Water is obtained from artesian aquifers in the basalt flows and interbedded sediments of the Columbia River Group.
From 1896 to the 1960s, all...
1968-04-18
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Chart of
SAINT HELENS BAR
Showing cut dredged during
September and October, 1877.
under the direction of
MAJOR JOHN M WILSON CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S.A.
Washington
Saint Helen's Bar
So called Rocky Plateau
Gravel and Shingle...
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Image of tennis courts taken in 1938 at the employee housing site for Coulee Dam
1938-09-04
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"Ice Dam" and refrigerating plant, located upstream from block 66.
1937-11-01
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Looking northeast. Second-stage construction of cribs in downstream cross-river cofferdam, filled to elevation 940. Section "G" of Westside cofferdam in near foreground.
1937-01-07
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Description of proposed Asotin Dam, for artists rendition, please see photo 94-0 40
1965-11-25
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The old business district of the town of Arlington, Oregon, still remains intact, but time is fast running out. The overpass bridge of Interstate Highway 80N is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. By that time the Walla Walla...
1965-11-25
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View of tract No. 3 Taken from a point approximately 300 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner of the NW 1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 26, T. R. 28E., W.M., looking N. 08 degrees E. U.S. V. Howard Adams, et al.
1949-06-22
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An open letter advocating jobs with the Corps of Engineers to new engineering graduates. Second page.
1961-11-25
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General view of early phase of construction of Grand Coulee Dam
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A. R. Marshall Page 2 March 22, 1974
Section 11B: Diversion and Low Flow Augmentation
Subheading B: Low Flow Augmentation
Item 2 -- Recreation and low flow needs are evaluated during the planning phase of a watershed study under the...
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An aerial view looking east. A general view showing feeder canal, area immediately above slide area of canal, and part of town of Grand Coulee. Feeder canal shown back to headworks
1947-10-21
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Specifications 2329. Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., and Peter Kiewit Sons' Company. Progress view of the pump-discharge outlet structure showing the status of construction of the crest bends of P-1 to P-4 discharge pipes. Pipes P-1 and P-2 have...
1949-09-08
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View showing west crane recess
1940-04-10
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The two 14,000 h.p. station-service turbines at the left powerhouse are embedded in concrete to elevation 951, the generator floor level.
1940-08-01
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