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Installation of turbines and generators--rotor being installed [01]

University of Idaho Digital Collections

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Title Installation of turbines and generators--rotor being installed [01]
Creator Fuller, H.W.
Date 1943-06-08
Description Col. Basin Proj., Grand Coulee Dam.--Rotor for main generator unit L-6 in the west powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam being carried to final position by two overhead travelling cranes using an equalizing beam. The rotor, 31 feet in diameter, weighing 535 tons, rotates at a speed of 120 revolutions per minute within stator, and develops 106,000 kilowatts of electrical energy.
Subject Power plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam--1940-1950;
Coverage United States--Washington--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam
Source PG 94, Box 1, Installation of Turbines and Generators, 3 11272
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/1030

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