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Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- aerial view of Grand Coulee [01]

University of Idaho Digital Collections

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Title Coulee Dam irrigation pumping plant and discharge pipes-- aerial view of Grand Coulee [01]
Creator Pomeroy, F.B.
Date 1949-09-21
Description Specifications 2329. Contractor: Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. and Peter Kiewit Sons' Company. This aerial view of the Grand Coulee Dam area shows the status of progress on the construction of Grand Coulee pumping plant and feeder canal. The pumping plant is being constructed behind the 600-foot long wing dam extending to the left from near the west abutment end of Grand Coulee Dam. The world's largest pumps will be installed in the pumping plant at a level of 120 feet below the roadway...
Subject Dams--Washington (State)--1940-1950;
Coverage United States--Washington--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam
Source PG 94, Box 1, Coulee Dam Irrigation Pumping Plant and Discharge Pipes, 3 20315
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/1162

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