Dams across both ends of the Grand Coulee will form it into a giant reservoir for storing the water pumped from the river.
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Third Volume, Thirty Fifth 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.
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Note on album leaf: Facilities for visitors. Some 200,000 visitors in 1936 inspected a model of the dam and from sheltered seats close to the work on each side of the river viewed the construction work and had it explained over a public address...
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Equipment for the Grand Coulee Dam seismograph station, arranged for photographic purposes. Dr. Dean S. Carder of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is simulating the adjustment of position of galvanometers on the Benioff film recorder. In the...
1942-09-16
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The general shop building erected for the use of Government forces. Adjacent and under construction is the car and truck storage garage. These two buildings are on Columbia Avenue and across the street from the Government garage and fire station.
1939-02-27
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Album leaf 141: Dam site at night 8/37<br><br>PH Coll 238.141
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First official pour of concrete, placed in block 160 by Governor Martin
1935-12-06
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Timber cribs, for cross-river cofferdams, constructed in upper diversion channel behind section C of west cofferdams, to be floated in place when area is flooded.
1936-09-27
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Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington: Grand Coulee Dam Location Map
1934-10-08
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A distinguished and veteran Senator visits Grand Coulee Dam. From left to right, Congressman Charles H. Leavy of Washington, Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, and Senator Mon C. Wallgren of Washington;...
1940-10-25
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US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation: Columbia Basin Project Washington - Grand Coulee Dam: Method Used to Straighten Gates 19 & 20 - BLK. 57 WE. LINE.
1940-02-13
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This view of the Grand Coulee, taken from the west wall several miles below Steamboat Rock, vividly portrays the immensity and grandeur of this unique chasm. This remarkable canyon, and its counterpart, Moses Coulee, cut by the drainage from the...
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Note on album leaf: Source of supply for the eleven million yards of sand and gravel required for Grand Coulee Dam
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington: Grand Coulee Dam-Government Camp Site: Sidewalks, Curbs, and Paving
1934-10-17
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Note on album leaf: Night at Grand Coulee.
In the distance on the east side of the river is Mason City, the contractors electrified camp. PH Coll 239.26 |
Columbia River Watershed Above Grand Coulee Dam.
1905-04-18
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substations, erection of 8,500 wood poles, placing of 10 million pounds of conductors or 640 miles of transmission lines as well as a great deal of other work. The giant transmission project will provide 1 million man-days of work for those who...
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Printed on image: New home in engineer's town Grand Coulee. Leo's Studio, Spokane
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This is a portion of the generator unit-control station being constructed in the governor gallery of the left powerhouse, at elevation 951, for the No. 1, 75,000-kilowatt Shasta generating unit in the pit L-7. The station will start the turbine,...
1942-12-12
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The guide bearings on the 150,000 horsepower Newport News turbines are lubricated with oil circulated by lower-pressure pumps driven by alternating current motors. Each turbine is provided with a standby pump, which is driven by direct current...
1942-12-24
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Portion of penstock coaster gate, showing rollers and seal,;(first coaster gate to be installed--for unit L-3);
1941-06-19
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