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View of Grand Coulee Dam from West Bank of Columbia River

Washington State University Libraries

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Title View of Grand Coulee Dam from West Bank of Columbia River
Description Looking east along dam axis. View shows up- and down- stream cofferdams of new enclosure. Barges, with pumps for concrete cooling, anchored near dam, in the center. Stream shows ice flowing. Seen here are the diversion channels and the high and low construction trestles from the top of the west bank. Notice the flooded cofferdam areas ad the ice flowing down the Columbia through the central channel
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Cofferdams--Construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam Diversion weirs--Columbia River; Diversion weirs--Designs and plans--Columbia River; Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)--Design and construction--Columbia River; Box girder piles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Diversion Weirs United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type photographs
Identifier 40b5v5p98.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,1514
Date 1/8/1937 2008
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. V, Page 98)-Cage 40, Box 6 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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