Equipment for construction, transportation, and maintenance--air compressors

air compressors in power house

1941-09-10

Employee housing-- 1941

Shot with a wide angle lens, a view of the dam with employee housing on both sides of the Columbia

1941-05-22

Site preparation--machinery used for excavation

A 5-yard electric shovel, 10-yard dump buggy and 75 H.P. diesel Caterpillar used for excavating in the west side river diversion channel

1936-07-30

Powerhouse construction--East Powerhouse foundation [02]

Progress photos of the East Powerhouse as of date.

1941-08-07

Powerhouse construction--powerhouse bays

Bays 1-2 and 3 in East Powerhouse.

1942-02-23

Spillway and drum gate construction--hoisting elevator shaft

Hoisting elevator shaft form into place. 3 men riding load.

1941-06-30

Spillway and drum gate construction--aligning the drum gates

Aim crosshairs for aligning drum gates.

1941-03-06

Spillway and drum gate construction--drum gate #1 [01]

Drum gate number one

1940-12-07

Installation of turbines and generators--concrete breaker

Concrete breaker used to tighten bolts on L-6 scroll case

1943-05-26

Equipment for construction, transportation, and maintenance--truck-mounted equipment

A centrifugal oil purifier, a filter, and automatic electric heater, and meter, pumps, gauges, pipes, and necessary appurtenances are mounted on a simple truck for use in various parts of the plant. The unit is designed to handle lubricating,...

1941-09-10

Installation of turbines and generators--man wipes wicket gates [01]

Wicket gates for L-8 turbine resting on generator deck. Mr. H.R. Ramm, U.S.B.R. cleaning and inspecting shafts

1947-06-28

Site preparation-- men install piping

Men install piping during early phase of construction.

1936-11-09

Powerhouse construction--powerhouse and transformer deck

View of East Powerhouse and transformer deck with outlet tubes in background.

1942-04-28

Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels--main canal headworks

South Coulee Dam--Main Canal Headworks--View over top of barrel section taken from east upstream and west. The ladder-like templates in the middle left of the view support reinforcing steel in the hinge part of the gate section of the two west...

1948-09-02

Spillway and drum gate construction--east spillway

East spillway, showing elevator shaft.

1941-06-30

Spillway and drum gate construction--view of the spillway section [05]

View of the spillway section from the left bank

1941-03-03

Spillway and drum gate construction--drum gate #1 [03]

Drum gate number one

1940-12-05

Spillway and drum gate construction--transition form for inlet

Transition form for inlet to 57-inch supply pipe for drum gate control. One of these water supply inlets is in each pier for a total of 11. A 57"" butterfly valve will be connected to this inlet for control of water supply.

1940-06-12

Installation of turbines and generators--lowering the needle valve

Needle valve being lowered to base in R-8 of East Powerhouse

1944-11-24

Installation of turbines and generators--rotor near completion

Man stands on the rotor--which nears completion

1941-07-05

Installation of turbines and generators--assembly of rotor

One step in the assembly of rotor of Shasta generators to be used in west power house

1942-08-21

Installation of turbines and generators--worker using micrometer

Workman using a micrometer on L-6 scroll case bolts after tightening.

1943-05-26

Site preparation-- excavation operations [01]

General view of excavation operations along bank

1936-11-01

Powerhouse construction--Penstock liner

East side of Penstock liner. Man inside liner gives scale.

1940-01-10

Spillway and drum gate construction--west side downstream view of spillway

View of a portion of the spillway section showing formwork and false work for construction of spillway bridge spans. The construction trestle appears below the formwork. Eight of the 102-inch outlet tubes are shown in use for diversion of the...

1941-08-21