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General map (1923)

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Title General map (1923)
Identifier http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu509 wsu509; Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,647
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, 18 x 34 cm. Gravity Project Area, Pumping Project Area, and Boundary of watershed above Albany Falls all marked by differentiated shading 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...
Subject Irrigation -- United States (western) -- Maps; ;; ;;; Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)
Type Maps
Coverage United States -- Washington; United States -- Idaho; United States -- Montana
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

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