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Prominent Men of the Project

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Title Prominent Men of the Project
Description Men upon whom it is difficult to bestow adequate praise for their unstinted efforts in furthering a steady and progressive development of the project. Left to right, Mr. A. F. Darland, Construction Engineer, J. H. Miner, Office Engineer, John C. Page, Commissioner of Reclamation, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, and F. A. Banks, Supervising Engineer. Though his history is dedicated to the workers, Koester gives unwavering praise for the efforts of the construction engineers and Washington officials who saw the project through to fruition.
Relation Part of: Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/"Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Engineers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Darland, A. F. (USBR Field Engineer); Miner, James H. (USBR Office Engineer); Page, John C. (Commissioner of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1936-1943), 1887-1955; Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair; Secretary of State), 1874-1952; Banks, Frank Arthur (Construction Engineer), 1883-1957 Civil engineering
Type Photographs
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v1p44.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,679
Publisher Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Source A History of the Columbia Basin Project (Vol. 1, Page 44)-Cage 709: Clifford R. Koester Papers, 1927-1972: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg709.htm
Rights To order a reproduction please see: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/policies.htm , or contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691. For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691.
Format Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Plustek OpticBook 3600 Plus. Also, 24 bit 150 PPI JPEGs were created with the OpticBook 3600 Plus and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries
Language English
Date 2008

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