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West Cofferdam Flooded

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Title West Cofferdam Flooded
Description Looking south (upstream) after flooding west end of dam foundation - showing the four main diversion slots, the timber plug between blocks 49 and 50 to cells in section "G" of west cofferdam and to the right the east end of west powerhouse. Center tower of aggregate conveyor suspension bridge rests on foundation in cell 5 of cluster "G"; Photograph of flooded west side cofferdam for diversion 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 Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Cofferdams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Water diversion--Columbia River
Coverage Dam Construction; Dams; Power Plants; Concrete; Trestles; Construction; River United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b5v4p94.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1466
Date 11/20/1936 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 94)-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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