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Dismantling Conveyor Suspension Bridge

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Dismantling Conveyor Suspension Bridge
Description C.B.I. workmen dismantling the cross-river aggregate conveyor suspension bridge, erected and used by the M.W.A.K. Company. Due to the uncertainty as to the foundations of the central tower, it was necessary that the bridge be removed before a flood stage of 100,000 second-feet was reached in the river in the spring of 1938. Dismantling of the upper portion of the central conveyor suspension bridge crossing the Columbia River.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Cranes, derricks, etc.--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Belt conveyors--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Conveying machinery--Construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Conveying Systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Cranes United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type photographs
Identifier 40b6v6p124.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,2623
Date 03/22/1938 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. VI, Page 124)-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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