Hawk Creek Bend, Washington, 1941

Label on verso: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date: 3/4/41; OP No. 65-2-93-146; Zone 1; Photo by Morgan Fitz, Camp Kettle; Title: Columbia Basin Clearing Project; Caption: Hawk Creek Bend. One of the widest points of the...

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Spillway Bucket

Bucket, at toe of dam, under construction east of block 40.

1936-08-28
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South View of "Ice Dam Gorge"

South end of "Ice Dam" gorge ; frozen dam in upper right corner.

1936-11-12
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Interlocking Steel Pile Cell

Erecting an interlocking steel pile cell in connecting wood plug in block 40 with cluster "G" in west cofferdam prior to river diversion.

1936-09-01
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Worker Resting On His Jackhammer (Two)

The indolent manner in which these highscalers are draped over their tools indicates experience rather than indifference. in the hands of a novice a jackhammer seems to be a wild and raving tool, filled with perverse notions and quirks,...

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Upstream Face of Spillway Section

View of the upstream face of the dam, showing the drum gates in the spillway section.

1941-05-16
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West Bank Construction Progress

Looking west - passages in foreground for river diversion; part of bucket at toe of dam; the west training wall; penstock forms for left power house; and high trestle running to Westmix

1936-11-01
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Side of Block Forty

West side of block "40"; High trestle in upper right.

1936-07-15
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Excavation of Upstream Diversion Channel

Excavation in upstream end of diversion channel - behind sections "C" and "D" of west cofferdam.

1936-08-01
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Steam Hammer Placement

Placing a steam hammer for driving piles in cofferdam cell connecting section "G" with block 40, prior to river diversion.

1936-08-01
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Worker Resting On His Jackhammer

The indolent manner in which these highscalers are draped over their tools indicates experience rather than indifference. in the hands of a novice a jackhammer seems to be a wild and raving tool, filled with perverse notions and quirks,...

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West Cofferdam

South end of west cofferdam being removed by sluicing fill through holes out in the steel walls. West-mix in the distance.

1936-08-08
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Block Cooling Shaft

Longitudinal gallery, 900 elevation, with supply and return headers for cooling system.

1936-08-01
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West Cofferdam Construction

Steam Hammer (3-1/2 foot-ton) driving interlocking steel piles in west cofferdam cell.

1936-08-01
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Excavation on East Bank of Columbia River

Excavation equipment on the east side.

1935-08-01
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Loading Barge

Clamshell loading barge with material removed from cofferdam cribbing in the spillway bucket section at blocks 39 and 40. The loaded barge is then towed into midstream, and the material dozed overboard with a Caterpillar tractor.

1938-02-09
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West Cofferdam Flooded

Equipment removing section "H" of west cofferdam.

1936-12-11
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Timber Crib

Shore-end of timber cribs in downstream cross-river cofferdam.

1936-08-28
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East Bank Construction Trestles

East end of high trestle. Snow covers east abutment rock.

1937-02-17
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Fill Removal from West Cofferdam

Removing fill in cells of section "H" west cofferdam, by sluicing it through openings out in the steel walls.

1936-07-01
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Excavation Pit East of Central Block 40

Here in April of 1937 jackhammer crews are removing the first layer of bedrock in the excavation pit east of block 40. Note the vertical keyways on the side of block 40, which was typical of all blocks. The blocks were interlocked with these...

1937-04-01
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Upstream Cross-River Cofferdam

View of the river side of the upstream cross-river cofferdam directly upstream from block 40.

1937-04-01
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West Bedrock Excavation

Excavating in bedrock west of block 40. Steel piling in section "D" of west cofferdam to the right.

1936-05-01
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Government Garage

Two-story government garage, completed. A concrete tower for use in draining and drying fire hose is included.

1942-07-01
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Downstream Face of Dam

The downstream face of the dam, the left powerhouse, the spillway at flood stage, and the Columbia River Reservoir in a general view from the left or west side. The floating debris caught by the log boom will be beached and burned.

1940-06-03
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