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East Side Construction

Washington State University Libraries

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Title East Side Construction
Description The concrete is being placed on the east side in some of the deep crevices in the bedrock Table of Concrete Strengths. 6"x12' test cylinders, 28 day. Low - heat cement - 4,928 cylinders averaged 4,195 lbs. per sq. in. - Modified cement - 5,180 cylinders averaged 5,565 lbs per sq. in. Low-heat cement strengths will equal the strengths of modified in 2 to 3 months age. The mix is 1 part cement to 9.7 parts of sand and gravel Concrete was first poured on the east side on November 06, 1936.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Gantry cranes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Whirley crane--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete dams--Foundations--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestle construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Gravity dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Foundations--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Trestles; Cranes; Hoisting machinery; Concrete
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v2p139.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1005
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. 2, Page 139)-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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