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Camp Horses

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Camp Horses
Description Movement of materials to the camp site was commenced in the latter part of October to permit construction of the camp headquarters and make possible the starting of tunnel excavation during the winter months, thus providing storage for the water supply at the earliest possible date. Almost 500,000 pounds of food, camp equipment, engines, gasoline, drills, compressors, and other materials and supplies were carried up to the camp established at Nada lake by strings of from 50 to 100 packhorses....
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Fisheries; Fishes--Migration--Columbia River; Pack animals--1930-1940--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Snow Lake--Washington (State) Reservoirs; Equipment and Personnel Transportation
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v3p240.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1209
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 240)-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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