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Unloading dynamite across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940.

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Title Unloading dynamite across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940.
Creator Unknown
Date 1940
Description Label on verso: "WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9 STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date 8-30-40; O.P. No. ; Zone #3; County: Stevens; City: Kettle Falls; Neg. 681;Title: Coulee Clearance; Caption: Unloading dynamite across river from camp Gifford. Dynamite is brought to the field of blasting operation by specially marked trucks, unloaded into special boxes at safe distance from blasting.

On verso of image: US WPA 622

[Grand Coulee Dam 147]
Subject Trucks--Washington (State)--Kettle Falls Dynamite--Washington (State)--Kettle Falls; Explosives--Transportation--Washington (State)--Kettle Falls
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Kettle Falls
Relation Grand Coulee Dam Collection
Source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Grand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
Type Photograph
Format silver gelatin, b&w Scanned from a photographic print at 100 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 768x512 ppi or scanned from original text at 400 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2000.
Identifier http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/grandcoulee,3

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