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Building Trestle Tower

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Building Trestle Tower
Description Here a steelworker is setting the downstream leg of a trestle tower during the erection of the CBI trestle. As the dam grew, all but the floor sections of both the MWAK and CBI trestles were buried and forever lost. Here a steelworker is setting the downstream leg of a trestle tower during the erection of the CBI trestle. As the dam grew, all but the floor sections of both the MWAK and CBI trestles were buried and forever lost.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Rivets and riveting--Trestles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestle construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Diversion weirs--Columbia River; Whirley crane--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Trestles
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v3p224-B.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1199
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. 3, Page 224-A)-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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