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Drumgate Installation

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Drumgate Installation
Description This is a general view of the drumgate erection in December of 1940, with gates 1, 2, and 3 in the extreme raised position." The river flow is now all passing thru the outlet tubes and the turbines in the left powerhouse." Work on the right (east) powerhouse has not yet been started.
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; Hydraulic gates--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Flood control--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Steel--Welding; Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)--Design and construction--Columbia River Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v3p282.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1239
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 282)-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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