Record Details
Columbia River Dam - Grand Coulee generating, pumping & switch stations preliminary estimate drawing (1924)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Columbia River Dam - Grand Coulee generating, pumping & switch stations preliminary estimate drawing (1924) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu507 wsu 507; Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,645 |
| Creator | Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project |
| Date | 1924 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Denver, Colorado : Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation |
| Description | 1 map : 26 x 43 cm. Scale: 1 in. = 400 ft. Inset: Section thru dam This is a very preliminary design map showing how a dam could be placed at Grand Coulee. Initial excavation for a dam there didn't begin until 1933, by which point several designs had been (and still would be even after digging had started) considered. |
| Subject | Irrigation -- Washington (State) -- Columbia River Valley -- Maps; Columbia Basin Project (U.S.); Grand Coulee Dam -- Plans |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) -- Grand Coulee |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is part of Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg222.htm |
