Record Details

Cement Transportation Complex

Washington State University Libraries

Field Value
Title Cement Transportation Complex
Description Bedrock and concrete blocks in west area; low trestle, and conveyor bridge to Westmix on the right; high trestle on the left. This image demonstrates the entire operation of concrete placement at the Grand Coulee Dam. Shown here are the Westmix mixing facility, its feeding conveyors, and the trestle bridge used to distribute concrete into the cells pictured at the bottom.
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 plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Formwork--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Conveying machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Gantry cranes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Excavation; Hoisting machinery United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p232.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1370
Date 1/30/1936 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 232)-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

© Western Waters Digital Library - GWLA member projects - Designed by the J. Willard Marriott Library - Hosted by Oregon State University Libraries and Press