Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Water Falling over Grand Coulee Dam |
Description | Spectacular waterfall at Coulee Dam surpasses Niagara in height. During the 1940 flood stage, the Columbia River was diverted through the outlet works and over a portion of the unfinished spillway section. Aerial view of both the nearly complete Grand Coulee Dam and the lower town of Coulee. |
Relation | Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown |
Creator | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
Subject | Spillways--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.); Gravity dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
Coverage | Grand Coulee (Wash.); Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
Type | Aerial Photographs |
Identifier | cg040b07v08p02.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,2954 |
Date | 06/07/1940 2009 |
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. VIII, Page 02)-Cage 40 Box 6a: 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 scanned at 24 bit color, with 4000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then batch translated into JPEG files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries. |
Language | English |