Image of Bedrock Under Highway Bridge

Bedrock under east pier of highway bridge

1934-11-01
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Concrete Mixer

Concrete slipway to low trestle, west end.

2024-11-23
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Plan for Government Camp Garage and Fire Station

Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project - Washington: Grand Coulee Dam-Government Camp: Garage and Fire Station Plan and Longitudinal Sections

1935-01-31
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Delivery of Railroad for Contractor Operation

Part of the official party at the opening of the U. S. Construction Railroad celebration, left to right: Governor C. D. Martin, locomotive engineer; Mr. Francis Donaldson, Chief Engineer, M.W.A.K. Company; Mr. J. I. Dinman, President Spokane...

1935-07-29
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Highway Bridge Construction

Preparing to build east pier for highway bridge below dam site.

1934-05-24
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Site preparation-- removing surface rock

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam. Bedrock in the old river channel, showing the natural water-worn rock surface as it is found under a bed of clay and boulders left in the canyon during the last ice age, and the operation of removing...

1937-04-01

Equipment for construction, transportation, and maintenance--Grand Coulee Dam...

Grand Coulee Dam Seismograph Station, showing seismograph equipment before installation, arranged only for photographic purposes. Dr. Dead S. Carder of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is simulating the adjustment of position of galvanometers on...

1942-09-16

"Concore" Drilling Machine

The "Concore" drilling machine used for removing cores from hardened concrete. Typical cores are standing alongside the machine, they were shipped to the Denver laboratories for testing purposes.

1939-03-08
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Excavation Behind Cofferdam

A 5-yard shovel excavating along the downstream toe of slope, east of block 40, at time of cofferdam leak.

1937-03-16
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tion with the most efficient development of the potential water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation." In the Pacific Northwest, the "308 Report" on the Columbia River recommended a 10-dam comprehensive plan for the river's...

Utility and Domestic Use Water Reservoir

Utility water reservoir and enclosed domestic water reservoir in water system of Government Camp. Part of Mason City in distance.

1935-02-27
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Utility Water Reservoir

Utility reservoir, Government Camp. Mason City (Contractor's Camp) in the distance.

1934-12-01
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Diversion Slot Entrance

Entrance to diversion slot in block 32. 50,000 c.f.s. now flowing in two slots.

1937-11-03
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Two workers, Grand Coulee Dam construction site, July 26, 1938

Album leaf 398: Two workmen, 7/26/38

PH Coll 238.398

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Workers drilling bedrock at Grand Coulee Dam site, July 9, 1937

Album leaf 129: Bedrock, 7/9/37<br><br>PH Coll 238.129

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Kettle River Railroad Bridge

This is a section of the Kettle River railroad bridge on its way to Coulee Dam for dismantling and salvage.

2024-11-23

Site preparation-- breaking rock [02]

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam. Removing weathered and unsound surface rock in the bottom of the Columbia River Channel to provide for a water tight union of granite bedrock and the dam.

1937-04-01

Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- aerial view of Grand Coulee [02]

An aerial view looking northeast. A general view showing feeder canal, area above feeder canal, and part of town of Grand Coulee. Highest crack in slide area is visible. Feeder canal outline can be seen back to headworks. A view of the area above...

1947-10-21

Installation of turbines and generators--completed rotor

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. Lowering this...

1942-11-28

Safety Instruction

Members of the Safety Engineering staff instruct a class of contractors and Government employees in first aid practices.

1940-04-05
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Member of jack-hammer crew at work drilling bedrock, Grand Coulee Dam construction...

Album leaf 352: Workman on cliff, 5/28/38

PH Coll 238.352

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Workers repairing spillway face, September 21, 1951

On verso of image: Spillway face, block 38, elevation 946.12. This view shows large area patched and contractors method of curving and securing burlap coverings over patches on the spillway face of the dam. Lumnite cement in portions of 35:65 was...

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Diver entering water, Grand Coulee Dam construction site, January 7, 1938

Album leaf 291: Diver, 1/7/38

PH Coll 238.291

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Close Up of Girder Design on West Cofferdam

Box girder type piles at junction of arches in standard section interlocking piles enclosing excavation for block 40

1935-09-04
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Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- aerial view of Grand Coulee [03]

An aerial view looking east. A general view showing feeder canal, area immediately above slide area of canal, and part of town of Grand Coulee. Feeder canal shown back to headworks

1947-10-21