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Long View of Conveyor

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Long View of Conveyor
Description Looking down along suspension bridge carrying 36-inch aggregate conveyor to west concrete mixing plant. Length of bridge, 3508 feet. This image shows a view of the Cross river conveyor system on its way to Rattlesnake gorge to deposit spoil from Grand Coulee excavation activities and also to carry materials to the concrete production facilities on the Westside of the Columbia River.
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 Concrete Storage--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Brett gravel pit (Wash.)--Cement--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Aggregates--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley; Aggregate processing plants--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley; Conveying machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Concrete; Conveying Systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation; Brett Gravel Pit United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p216.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1354
Date 4/27/1936 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 216)-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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