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W.P.A. Forest Clearing

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Title W.P.A. Forest Clearing
Description W.P.A. workmen use 90 horsepower tractors to push over small trees of no merchantable value. They are then cut and burned to clear the reservoir area above the dam. W.P.A. workmen use 90 horsepower tractors to push over small trees of no merchantable value. They are then cut and burned to clear the reservoir area above the dam.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/
Messrs. Johnson and Erickson selected photographs from photographers Pomeroy, Robinson, and Russell.
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject United States. Work Projects Administration--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Clearing of land--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley
Coverage Reservoirs; Construction employees United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type photographs
Identifier 40b7v7p274.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,2840
Date 6/27/1939 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. VII, Page 274)-Cage 40, Box 7 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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