This is a view of one of the holding pools constructed along Icicle Creek, where the adult salmon are held until ripe for spawning. Salmon eggs hatch in about 2 1/2 months, depending on the water temperature, and the young remain in the hatching...
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The diversion canal at the Leavenworth hatchery station. Excess Icicle Creek water which cannot be passed through the holding ponds is bypassed through this canal.
1940-05-08
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The log house at the Leavenworth migratory fish control station which was converted into a dormitory for fish hatchery employees.
1939-08-16
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The Kittitas Canal, upper Yakima Valley,
Wash 55
Old growth Douglas fir and hemlock in Willamette Valley, Oregon 58
Sawmill near Eugene, Oreg., across storage
pond 58
Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, Idaho, largest single
producer...
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Notwithstanding the quantity of ink that has been spilt over such questions, only a few things are clear. There was significant over-fishing and habitat disturbance in the Columbia River Basin long before the mainstem dams were built. Snake River...
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Mason City town site (contractor's camp); Government Camp in foreground
1935-10-01
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Electric power requirements for irrigation pumping on potential projects--Columbia River basin
Pumping plant
Pumping plant or project
Location
Acreage served
Installed capacity (kilowatts)
Annual power requirements (1,000...
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Lake, a 27-mile long irrigation reservoir. 30 Irrigation works take the water from there. The project first began irrigating fields in 1951. 31 It now irrigates about 560,000 acres with canals as big as rivers. It has a huge drainage system to...
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The river was uniquely suited to hydropower production, however. It is a relatively steep river, dropping an average of about two feet per mile (compared to Mississippi's six inches per mile). It flows in a solid rock channel suitable for dam...
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PUMPED-STORAGE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES
EXISTING, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND PLANNED
No. and type of sets
Station
Head (m)
Manufacturers
Speed (rpm)
Generator
Turbine
Flow (m3/s)
Head (m)
Generating
Station capacity (MW)...
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In no other subdivision is there greater opportunity to use water resources in broadening the agricultural and industrial bases of the economy. Although much the greater proportion of the land that can be irrigated with waters of tributary streams...
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Image captions: Working around-the-clock at Grand Coulee, 1938
Lowering the rotor for the generator, Grand Coulee Dam, 1948.
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stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration; to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development; to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range; and for other purposes,"...
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Image captions: Grand Coulee Dam
Photo Credit, Bureau of Reclamation
Foundation for the powerhouses (top and bottom) and the spillways (middle) takes shape, 1938.
Removing fractured rock for the foundation of Grand Coulee, 1936.
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Roll on, Columbia
Woody Guthrie
(Yes) Roll on, Columbia, roll on, Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Your power is turning the darkness to dawn
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Green Douglas fir where the waters cut through, Down her steep...
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206 p. In the Western Water Policy Review Act of 1992, Congress charged the President with reviewing and reporting on federal activities in the west that affect the allocation and use of water resources. The legislation directed the Western Water...
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On verso of image: Original townsite of Marcus after relocation. Abandoned Great Northern Railroad bridge was removed later. 7/29/41
Filed in 237/1/10
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Photographs, correspondence, press
clippings, issues of "Bo's'n's Whistle", and ephemera relating to the
activities of Charles P. Harman, an engineer originally from Montana who worked
for the Kaiser Company in Portland, Oregon, for...
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Specifications No. 2329. Picture Series 18532-3 through 18537-3. Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., and Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., subcontractor, Consolidated Western Steel Corp., Electric City Yard. A view of the process of mounting the stiffener rings on...
1949-03-01
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Source
SI—3, 63, 64, 78 PI—15, 50 WI—23, 30, 39
Tentative—Disposition 1/
A
Problem or Area of Concern
1. Indian rights and interests in the Columbia River and its Tributaries are substantial. For example, Colville Indians have...
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Reduction of supplies of wood waste, for reasons previously noted, and measures to conserve fuel oil will encourage replacement of such generating plants, and the low-cost hydroelectric power of the region may be expected progressively to displace...
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On verso of image: The W.P.A. tugboats "Nespelem" and "Wellpinit" under construction at the Camp Spokane shipyard on the Spokane River. May 27, 1940
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Terrazzo machine man applying linseed oil and turpentine to floor and base of Unit L-1, elevation 991, West Powerhouse. This oil is floated for at least six hours before being removed.
1949-03-25
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