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East Powerhouse Penstock Trashracks

Washington State University Libraries

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Title East Powerhouse Penstock Trashracks
Description Here is shown the first stages of the east powerhouse penstock trashracks. The portal transition forms at the head of the penstocks were the largest forms used on the job; weighing 13 tons and requiring more than 10,000 board feet of lumber. A total of over a hundred million board feet of lumber was used in building the Grand Coulee Dam.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Electric power--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete dams--Foundations--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Penstocks--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Hydroelectric power; Penstocks--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Plans
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v3p251.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1217
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 251)-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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