of "professional jealousy." "Stars" and "Directors" never do hit off.) The rest I would retain and divide with Captain Armstrong as agreed. I did not tell them that I had high hopes that Armstrong would soften in the end and let me keep it all to...
2004-08-10
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Detailed statement of work on Columbia River below Cascades Canal from November 1, 1883, to February 22, 1884.
Character of work, &c.
Bowlders along shore and in channel.
Big Eddy Reef Am, B, and C.
Big Eddy Reef D.
Big Eddy Reef,...
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Record of rock removed by submerged blasts from the Columbia River, below Cascades Canal, Oregon, December 1, 1882, to March. 31, 1883.
Powder used.
Number
Cubical contents.
Top projecting above water.
Top beneath water.
Number of...
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Image caption: NO 406. —CASCADE LOCKS, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON. UPPER ENTRANCE TO CANAL LOOKING FROM SOUTH SIDE.
Water level 30.7 feet above ordinary low stages.
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Typescript copies of the letters and
private papers of a businessman, entrepreneur, railroad magnate, and land
developer of Portland, Oregon, active in the late 19th century. Subjects
include mining, railroad ventures, land...
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Thirty-two (32) black and white
photographs, two (2) black-and-white strip negatives, three (3) color slides,
and one (1) program.; Thirty-two (32) black and white photographs, two (2) black-and-white
strip negatives, three (3) color...
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Labor of removal of rock $6, 936 09
Labor on tramways 834 03
Drilling and blasting (two-thirds of total amount) 2, 734 35
Setting up four derricks. 272 71
Material, fuel, and supplies 489 16
Ten per cent. of cost of plant 826...
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Ironworkers tightening bolts of the outlet conduit liners which are installed upstream of the 102-inch ring seal gates at elevation 1036.
1939-06-01
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Automatic timer and locking device for controlling the operations of the mixers. The 4-yard mixers cannot discharge a batch of concrete until they have run the required time (usually 2 minutes) as set on the timer for each mixer. Should the...
1938-12-28
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Image Caption: INDIAN SPEARING SALMON --page break-- and the canneries for packing them were constantly in evidence all the way to Astoria. These contrivances are varied. While the Indians have adopted some of the white men's methods, the...
2004-07-26
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Diamond Drill exploration at Icicle Creek for the Leavenworth migratory fish control station. This is the proposed site for dam No. 2 of the diversion canal and holding pond system at the Leavenworth station.
1938-05-01
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Correspondence, speeches and writings,
conference and convention files, curriculum files and subject series of a UW
professor of law; William T. Burke was a legal scholar of marine affairs at the
University of Washington. He was born...
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Image Caption; UPPER ENTRANCE TO CELILO CANAL --page break-- to fit conditions. The canal has a total drop of 81 feet, is 65 feet wide at the bottom, with a maintained depth of water of nine feet. Along its length there are occasional basins for...
2004-07-20
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then ; while in the earlier chart we find no traces of the shoal now existing at the inner end, over which there was then 31 fathoms.
All these facts seem to show, therefore, that the direction and effect of the movements have been practically...
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Abstract of proposals for the construction of a portion of the canal around the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon; opened by Major John, M. Wilson,
Corps of Engineers, October 1, 1878.
Excavation.
Masonry.
Iron.
If required....
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The Brett Gravel Pit, and the gravel processing plant. The huge sand pile, estimated at 4,000,000 cubic yards, is the surplus sand which has been wasted here after the gravel and cobbles were removed. In the foreground is the Mason City Airport.
1938-04-25
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For artists rendition of the dam, please see photo 94-0 36
1965-11-06
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Image Caption: EMOND AND KNUDSON AT KINBASKET LAKE CABIN --page break-- pulled across to the right hand shore, reaching it just below the mouth of Middle River. I had no sooner gotten across than the wind ceased entirely, and it was not long...
2004-07-12
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Lowering 4-yard concrete bucket by cantilever crane from high trestle.
2024-11-06
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soundings made about the close of Tune give depths ranging from 2 1/2 to 5 fathoms. The point of a narrow ledge of rocks extends out and near to the farthest extremity of the outer line of the pile-foundation of one of them. Up to the present time...
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This set of graphic images represents how Bonneville power will reach the consumer.
2004-06-28
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For artists rendition of the dam, please see photo 94-0 33
1965-11-06
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A chart of the organizational structure of the Corps of Engineers.
1960-11-06
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Panoramic view of the Grand Coulee site. Both banks are visible, as are excavation operations and employee housing.
1935-08-02
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