Record Details
Riverbanks and slope protection--ferry used to transport riprap and armor rock
University of Idaho Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Riverbanks and slope protection--ferry used to transport riprap and armor rock |
| Creator | Fuller, H.W. |
| Date | 1950-09-12 |
| Description | Photograph of the cross-river ferry taken from the left side ramp. Detail of the 4-drum hoist and the cables required to maneuver the ferry may be noted. This ferry is being used to carry some 350,000 tons of riprap and armor rock from the Bull Canyon quarry to the right riverbank for slope protection. Grand Coulee Dam, River Channel Improvements, Specifications 2808, Contract Ir-18762, Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Contractor. |
| Subject | Dam construction--Washington (State)--1940-1950; |
| Coverage | United States--Washington--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam |
| Source | PG 94, Box 1, Folder Riverbank and Slope Protection and Floating Caisson for Repairing Spillway Bucket, 3 22806 |
| Publisher | University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/ University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives |
| Relation | Columbia River Basin Project Collection http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/ |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Image;StillImage |
| Format | image/jpg |
| Rights | Material produced by the United States Army Corp of Engineers. In Public Domain. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ |
| Identifier | http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/crbproj/id/946 |
