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Winter Construction

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Winter Construction
Description This night view of Westside operations during the winter of 1935-1936 shows little activity because of the intense cold. Sub-zero weather had caused sludge ice to lift up the surface river ice and freeze there until it was as deep as thirty feet at Keller and some fifteen feet thick in places at the dam site. In the foreground is a part of the block-40 excavation pit. As the pit deepened it was necessary to install brace trusses in such great numbers that little space remained within the... Construction continued year around and often twenty-four hours a day, except during times of extreme weather.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Ice on rivers, lakes, etc.--Columbia River; Trestle construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Timber Cribs--Cofferdam--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Winter work
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v2p192.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1030
Date 1935 2008
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 192)-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

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