Record Details

West Side Landslide

Washington State University Libraries

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Title West Side Landslide
Description Slide of two million cubic yards, at west end of dam axis. Elevation at top of escarpment approximately 1600 feet- Ryan excavation contract Photopraph of giant landslide on the west side of the Grand Coulee Dam that put construction off for a time.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/" Photographer Unknown
Creator United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Landslides--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Clearing of land--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)--Accidents
Coverage Excavation; Dam Construction United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b4v2p96.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1104
Date 04/03/1934 2007
Publisher Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Source Columbia Basin Project History (Vol. II, Page 96)-Cage 40, Box 6 of the Frank Arthur Banks Papers, 1913-1957: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Holland/masc/finders/cg40.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 color, with 3000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then scanned at 24 bit, with 600 pixels by the long side, as object JPEG files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries.
Language English

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