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Riverbanks and slope protection--submerging the floating caisson

University of Idaho Digital Collections

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Title Riverbanks and slope protection--submerging the floating caisson
Creator Fuller, H.W.
Date 1949-03-24
Description Specifications No. 2475, March 24, 1949. This photograph was taken as the floating caisson was being submerged in the spillway bucket during its initial trial operation. The caisson barge with operating equipment is shown floating between the caisson towers. In the foreground is the caisson ""A"" frame anchored to the spillway face, and in the background are the divers' barge, the work barge, and the personnel skiff. This work is being performed by Pacific Bridge Company, as part of their...
Subject Dam construction--Washington (State)--1940-1950;
Coverage United States--Washington--Grant County Grand Coulee Dam
Source PG 94, Box 1, Folder Riverbank and Slope Protection and Floating Caisson for Repairing Spillway Bucket, 2 6157
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/950

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