Richard Lewis Neuberger (1912-1960), an Oregon native, was a U.S. Senator (D-OR) from 1954 to 1960. The Richard Neuberger collection consists of correspondence, legislation, published articles, and newspaper articles which pertain to the literary...
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A tight fit. The clearance between the huge 25-foot rotors and the stators of the two 75,000-kilowatt Shasta Dam generators, being installed at Grand Coulee Dam to make additional power available for war industries, is only 5/8 inch. In lowering...
1942-11-28
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Preparing for block 40 inside west cofferdam.
1935-11-01
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"Flame-cleaning" the exterior of a spillway drum gate, preparatory to the application of four coats of paint. Eighteen acres of metal surface stared welders in the face when they recently began cleaning the interiors and exteriors of the 11 giant...
1941-04-21
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Third Volume, Tenth 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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Grand Coulee Dam at the close of the M.W.A.K. Company Contract. The construction trestle at elevation 1024 tops concrete which had been poured to a maximum elevation of 1010 in the abutment sections and to elevation 945 in the spillway section...
1938-03-08
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General view of upstream face of Grand Coulee Dam, looking westerly from point above right abutment parking area. River elevation as follows: upstream, 1256.6; downstream 945.08.
1941-10-29
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Third Volume, Fourteenth 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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First water over Grand Coulee, in June 1940, made this picture of a man-made waterfall, 183 ft. higher than Niagara. Already generating power, the dam will pump water onto 1,200,000 arid acres in the Grand Coulee, 280 ft. above dam at the right.
1940-06-01
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington: Grand Coulee Dam Foundation Grouting Sections
1935-07-15
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Columbia Basin Project-Washington Grand Coulee Dam Government Camp - Three Room Residence Type 1 Elevations
1934-05-29
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington: Grand Coulee Dam Foundation Grouting Plan and Elevation
1935-07-15
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Columbia Basin Project-Washington Grand Coulee Dam Government Camp - Three Room Residence Type 1 Floor Plan & Sections
1934-05-29
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington: Grand Coulee Pumping Plant General Plan
1935-10-14
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Columbia Basin Project-Washington Grand Coulee Dam Government Camp - Grade School Plot Plan
1934-08-06
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Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Columbia Basin Project--Washington. Grand Coulee Dam Area, Capacity, and Discharge Curves
1934-04-16
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A model of the completed Grand Coulee Dam is placed on the bedrock by the lecturer at the Government's free grandstand and vista house.
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Forms and steel for 24-foot octagonal block-outs for 18-foot diameter steel penstocks in left power house. Low placing trestle (950 elev. in upper left.
1936-07-06
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Looking toward west side of block 40. Drainage and grouting gallery at elevation 880, and the 900 elevation galleries, bents for "1024" trestle to the left, and tie-in to cell in cluster "D" of west cofferdam.
1936-08-28
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Block 11-A showing section of 900 elevation gallery form, and in lower right a portion of grouting and drainage gallery. Upright pipes in block are 5-inch porous drain pipes.
1936-07-13
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East end of dam, and high and low trestles. Reinforcing for penstock blackouts. East power house substructure in foreground.
1937-07-09
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Vibrating concrete in east training wall, using Jackson 2-man machines operating at 4,800 r.p.m. 145 volts.
1936-05-19
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Grand Coulee Dam is of the straight-gravity type, depending entirely upon the weight of the structure to resist the pressure of the water behind it, tending to overturn it or cause it to slide on its base. The river canyon was too wide for a dam...
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