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Excavation Behind East Side of Wakefield Cofferdam

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Excavation Behind East Side of Wakefield Cofferdam
Description Excavating on east side behind south end of Wakefield cofferdam. Material transported by 90-inch conveyors across river on trestle to main conveyor running to Rattlesnake Canyon. This image shows the enormity of the excavation project and demonstrates the complexity of the excavation efforts at the Grand Coulee site.
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; Excavation--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Cofferdams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Conveying Systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation; Cofferdams; Rattlesnake Canyon United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p172.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1319
Date 10/1/1936 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 172)-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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