Record Details
Section of Spillway Bucket
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Section of Spillway Bucket |
| Description | This shows a section of the spillway bucket before backfilling along the lower lip. The bottom of the bucket is at elevation 869.88, and the top of the lower lip at elevation 900. Since three contraction joints occurred in the curved portion of the bucket, the radius was not kept constant at 50 feet, but varied from 50.00 from the first section, 50.125 for the second, and 50.25 for the third, thus allowing a slight drop at each contraction joint to prevent cavitation from the high velocity... Sixty-five Bureau of Reclamation designers spent 18 months studying 75 combinations for the construction of the spillway bucket. Using models they determined that circular flow tubes and a short curve-bucket type of dam would best fit the conditions at the Grand Coulee Dam site. |
| Relation | Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown |
| Creator | Clifford R. Koester |
| Subject | Spillways--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Outlet conduit--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Formwork--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Cranes, derricks, etc.--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Trestles; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam |
| Type | Photograph |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Identifier | 709b1v2p187.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1028 |
| 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 187)-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 |
