Record Details

Drum Gate Erection

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Drum Gate Erection
Description Erection in progress on drum gate No. 1. When fully assembled, the Grand Coulee drum gates are 135 feet long 28 feet high and weigh 735 tons. Erection in progress on drum gate No. 1. When fully assembled, the Grand Coulee drum gates are 135 feet long 28 feet high and weigh 735 tons.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Floodgates assembly--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Reinforcing bars--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Construction hinges--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Floodgates--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Flood control--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trashracks--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Sluice Gates United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier cg040b07v08p169.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,2988
Date 12/5/1940 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 169)-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

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