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Excavation for West Highway and Construction Railroad

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Excavation for West Highway and Construction Railroad
Description A general view of the left tailrace area, where additional riprap is now being placed. Note the haul roads and the barge from which trucks dump loads of riprap rock into the water. A photograph taken from atop of the Grand Coulee Dam showing the excavation and process of the left tailrace area.
Relation Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Excavation--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Railroads--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Roads--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction contracts--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Riprap--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City (Wash.) [town]
Coverage Excavation; Road Construction--Washington;(State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Barges--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier 40b7f2pg87.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,4530
Date 2/12/1941 2010
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. IX, Page 87)-Cage 40, Box 07 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 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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