Record Details
Flame Cleaning Spillway Drum Gates
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Flame Cleaning Spillway Drum Gates |
| Description | "Flame-cleaning" the exterior of a spillway drum gate, preparatory to the application of four coats of paint. Eighteen acres of metal surface stared welders in the face when they recently began cleaning the interiors and exteriors of the 11 giant drum gates in the crest of the Grand Coulee Dam spillway, a third of a mile wide, in preparation for applying four coats of paint. Four and one-half to five acres of exteriors are being cleaned by a unique method known as "flame-cleaning. Welders... "Flame-cleaning" the exterior of a spillway drum gate, preparatory to the application of four coats of paint. Eighteen acres of metal surface stared welders in the face when they recently began cleaning the interiors and exteriors of the 11 giant drum gates in the crest of the Grand Coulee Dam spillway, a third of a mile wide, in preparation for applying four coats of paint. Four and one-half to five acres of exteriors are being cleaned by a unique method known as "flame-cleaning. Welders... |
| Relation | Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown |
| Creator | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Subject | Flame--Cleaning--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Floodgates assembly--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
| Coverage | Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Welding--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Type | Photographs |
| Identifier | 40b7f3pg172.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,4539 |
| Date | 4/21/1941 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 172)-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 |
