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Coulee Dam

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Coulee Dam
Description Built here on the delta of Fiddle Creek is the model town of Coulee Dam, WA. or "Engineer's Town" and "Government Camp" as it was sometimes called. Its 134 dwellings are neatly patterned in a novel arrangement on an unusual site, nestling beneath the great cliffs of the canyon, cooled by the spray of the thundering, and beautifully landscaped. On Oct. 2, 1933 the Columbia Basin Commission purchased the lease held on this land for $1,500, and assigned it to the Government for a fee of...
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) Spillways--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Hydroelectric power; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam
Type Photograph
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v3p329.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1262
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 329)-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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