Record Details
Looking Down into "Ice Dam Gorge"
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Looking Down into "Ice Dam Gorge" |
| Description | East side excavation, looking down on "Ice Dam" gorge - frozen retaining wall is between ice plant buildings and derrick in center foreground. East end of 1024 el. trestle at extreme right, Wakefield pile cofferdam at river edge, with downstream cross-river cofferdam under construction at its right. This image provides a birds eye view of excavation behind the east cofferdam that muck flow continually plagued until the refrigeration of the muck flow to allow excavation and grouting. |
| 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 | Excavation--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Cofferdams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Diversion weirs--Columbia River |
| Coverage | Ice Dam Gorge; Excavation; Cofferdams; Hoisting machinery; Cranes United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Type | Photographs |
| Identifier | 40b5v4p179.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1324 |
| Date | 10/01/1936 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 179)-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 |
