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Forty-Ton Rotor

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Forty-Ton Rotor
Description The 40-ton rotor of a 12,500 kv-a. station service generator is carefully lowered into position inside the stator. The huge generator part fits so closely that only thin slats may be used to prevent lateral motion while being lowered by the crane. The 40-ton rotor of a 12,500 kv-a. station service generator is carefully lowered into position inside the stator. The huge generator part fits so closely that only thin slats may be used to prevent lateral motion while being lowered by the crane.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Electric power--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Water turbines--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Rotor blades--Power Generator--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Power Plants United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier cg040b07v08p74.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,3050
Date 08/29/1940 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 74)-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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