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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington Grand Coulee Dam Outlet Works - El. 1136.67 102" Ring seal gate conduits installation
1937-10-22
2024-04-25
Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Columbia Basin Project-Washington Grand Coulee Dam Government Camp - Sanitary Sewer Layout
1934-03-26
2024-04-25
Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Columbia Basin Project--Washington. Columbia River Dam Excavation Plan and Sections Schedule No. 1
1933-10-18
2024-04-25
Third Volume, Forty Second issue, of the Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier CO. builders of Coulee Dam Safety Newsletter. Created by the Safety Department and issued to the residents of Mason City and contract workers at Grand Coulee Dam.
2024-04-25
2024-04-25
Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Columbia Basin Project-Washington Grand Coulee Dam Government Camp - Water System Storage Reservoir and Chlorination Plant
1934-02-07
2024-04-25
Caption on verso: Grand Coulee Dam, Coulee from south bank looking north. G. Asahel Curtis Studio 1942. 590-1

[Grand Coulee Dam 462]
2024-04-25
Album leaf 116: Town 6/8/37

Three construction towns of Grand Coulee, Coulee Center and Coulee Heights were used during the building of Grand Coulee Dam, later merged into the town of Grand Coulee.

PH Coll 238.116
2024-04-25
This view is looking west over part of the town of Grand Coulee, and Coulee center, as it appeared in 1937. During the CBI contract the towns around the dam were congested to the point that it was almost impossible to find a room in which to...
2024-04-25
2024-04-25
Consolidated Builders' railroad car transfer-skip. Built on the left abutment of the dam, this inclined skipway lowers or raises railroad cars between the U.S. Construction Railroad at elevation 1310 and the trestle deck at elevation 1180.
1938-11-18
2024-04-25
Blocks between high and low trestles, looking west. Cooling pipes on floor of blocks.
1937-04-23
2024-04-25
Much of the rock excavated from the dam foundation was placed along the downstream river banks as riprap. This item of riprap was bid at a $1.00 per cubic yard by MWAK and at $3.00 by CBI.
2024-04-25
The twin mix plant was erected downstream from the right abutment of the dam at the el. 1180 level.
1938-07-09
2024-04-25
Placing cribs in downstream cross-river cofferdam and removing section "H" of west cofferdam. Aggregate conveyor suspension bridge in the center.
1936-11-20
2024-04-25
Erection of the mixing plants at the new location on the east side of the dam. In the right foreground is the old Eastmix used by Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Company.
1938-06-28
2024-04-25
A 25-yard rebuilt Woolridge buggy ready to dump on grizzly of tributary conveyor feeder.
1935-03-21
2024-04-25
Built here on the delta of Fiddle Creek is the model town of Coulee Dam, WA. or "Engineer's Town" and "Government Camp" as it was sometimes called. Its 134 dwellings are neatly patterned in a novel arrangement on an unusual site, nestling beneath...
2024-04-25
The dam and left power house foundation; high and low placing trestles; conveyor suspension bridge; and west cofferdam in the distance. Across the river, left, is shore-arm of downstream cofferdam - additional crib being floated into place.
1936-12-02
2024-04-25
In the foreground removal of the upstream arm of the west cofferdam is well advanced. This will permit the river to flow on this side of the remaining part of the cofferdam when the cross-river cofferdams close off the main river channel. About...
2024-04-25
Winter scene, river frozen over. Cat-walk in lower right, temporary pile bridge in upper part ; overhead is suspension bridge carrying aggregate conveyor to westmix and the west cofferdam.
1936-02-01
2024-04-25
Dumping concrete in spillway bucket; invert elevation 870.
2024-04-25
2024-04-25
Here is shown the first stages of the east powerhouse penstock trashracks. The portal transition forms at the head of the penstocks were the largest forms used on the job; weighing 13 tons and requiring more than 10,000 board feet of lumber....
2024-04-25
This leak in the downstream corner of the east side cofferdam in March, 1937 threatened to flood the east side excavation area. A crisis was reached on March 19, 1937 when a vortex developed on the river side of the downstream cell cluster, and...
1937-04-13
2024-04-25
Following excavation and grouting of the pumping plant foundation, the first concrete pour was made on October 6, 1939
1939-10-06
2024-04-25
Colby cantilever concrete placing crane and a Clyde-Wiley whirley on low trestle ready to begin pouring operations.
1935-11-30
2024-04-25
Placing a 6 1/2-foot-ton McKiernan steam hammer in pile driving.
1935-03-08
2024-04-25
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