Record Details

Columbia River Peak Flood Stage

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Columbia River Peak Flood Stage
Description The annual flood stage of the Columbia River pours through the spillway diversion area of Grand Coulee Dam. A peak flow of 265,600 second feet was reached in 1940. The annual flood stage of the Columbia River pours through the spillway diversion area of Grand Coulee Dam. A peak flow of 265,600 second feet was reached in 1940.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Flood control--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Flood dams and reservoirs; Floods--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Coverage Flood--Columbia River United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier cg040b07v08p99.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,3063
Date 6/3/1940 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 99)-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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