Record Details
Field Engineers
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Field Engineers |
| Description | In spite of the enormous amount of tedious and exacting work they performed, as well as the utter dependence of all operations on the lines and elevations established by them, the field engineers and survey parties received relatively little recognition from the general public. No chronologer rose from their ranks to tell of their work. The story of their part in the job lies in the musty files of their note books, but they may rest content in the knowledge that it was from their lines and... The large number of required surveys and the required high degree of accuracy demanded a scheme of horizontal and vertical geodetic control. Thus the head of Field Engineering, Mr. A. F. Darland, demanded that all calculations be made with at least two independent calculations to derive a ratio of field error to calculate into the schematics of the Grand Coulee Dam. This ratio was limited to no less than 1:5000 for reservoir calculations and 1:25000 for precise dam construction. (Clifford R.... |
| 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; Geological surveys--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)-Surveys; Topographical surveying--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley Surveying |
| Type | Photograph |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Identifier | 709b1v2p149.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1010 |
| 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 149)-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 |
