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Sharpening Drill Bits: Forge and Sharpener

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Sharpening Drill Bits: Forge and Sharpener
Description Oil-gas forge and air operated drill sharpener on west side. This equipment was essential to maintaining drill bits to allow continuous exploratory and functional drilling in the foundation and bedrock of the Grand Coulee Dam.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/
Creator Photographer Unknown; United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Drag bits (Drilling and Boring--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Drilling and Boring Machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Forging Machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Forge Shops--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p165.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1313
Date 4/19/1905 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. IV, Page 165)-Cage 40, Box 05 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 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. While 24 bit 150 PPI JPEG also created and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries.
Language English

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