Record Details

Spillway Bucket

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Spillway Bucket
Description Bucket at toe of dam under construction, east of block 40. Low trestle (elev. 950) in upper left. The spillway bucket at the toe of the dam, seen here under construction, would serve to prevent erosion at the downriver base of the dam. Notice the cement rail car at the top preparing to deliver a load of concrete onto the spillway bucket structure.
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 dams--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Spillways--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Formwork--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Dewatering--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Civil engineering; Concrete; Construction employees United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p278.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1416
Date 8/28/1936 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 278)-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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