Record Details
Two Placing Trestles
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Two Placing Trestles |
| Description | The two placing trestles and forms for concrete. Colby and Clyde-Wiley cranes handling the four-yard buckets. Upper right shows aggregate conveyor suspension bridge running to west mixer. The concrete cells in this image show the construction process of the monolithic Grand Coulee Dam. These low placing trestle reinforced these blocks as they built up to its height, only to be replaced as they surpassed the low trestle by a high placing trestle that would support the continued construction of higher parts of the Dam. Notice the cranes placing the four-yard concrete buckets over the individual cells of the dam to unload the contents and slowly build the dam cell by cell until... |
| 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 | Trestles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete dams--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Dewatering--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Expansion and contraction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Formwork--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Cranes, derricks, etc.--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Electric cranes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Gantry cranes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Conveying machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
| Coverage | Concrete; Construction Equipment United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Type | Photographs |
| Identifier | 40b5v4p236.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1374 |
| Date | 3/24/1936 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 236)-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 |
