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Excavation Spoil Conveyor

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Excavation Spoil Conveyor
Description Excavation spoil conveyor on timber trestle crossing river to west main conveyor running to Rattlesnake Canyon dump pile. This close-up of the conveyor support system used to transport spoil across the river demonstrates the weakness of the timber supports that led the collapse of the conveyor system around February.
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 Conveying machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Belt conveyors--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction and demolition debris--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Conveying Systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Rattlesnake Canyon United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p170.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1317
Date 09/01/1936 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 170)-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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