Record Details
Map of main canal, gravity plan (1923)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of main canal, gravity plan (1923) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu510 wsu510; Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,646 |
| Creator | Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project |
| Date | 1923 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Spokane, Wash. : Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Description | 1 map ; negative, 13 x 35 cm. Before the arrival to Washington State of the first irrigation projects handled by the U.S. Reclamation Service, the Northern Pacific Railroad and other railway companies funded private irrigation projects in the Columbia River Basin. Their efforts stemmed from a desire to see the entire state in top production and farming communities everywhere in need of railroad shipping services. The project was much too large for one railroad company or town,... |
| Subject | Irrigation -- Washington (State) -- Maps; Columbia Basin Project (U.S.) |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) |
| 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 |
