Record Details
Tight fit between Stator and Rotor
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tight fit between Stator and Rotor |
| Description | A tight fit. The clearance between the huge 25-foot rotors and the stators of the two 75,000-kilowatt Shasta Dam generators, being installed at Grand Coulee Dam to make additional power available for war industries, is only 5/8 inch. In lowering this 450-ton rotor into place, the operators of the two powerhouse cranes, that jointly supported the load, were guided by workmen, stationed around the rim. They inserted sticks between the stationary and moving parts to assure the clearance and... A tight fit. The clearance between the huge 25-foot rotors and the stators of the two 75,000-kilowatt Shasta Dam generators, being installed at Grand Coulee Dam to make additional power available for war industries, is only 5/8 inch. In lowering this 450-ton rotor into place, the operators of the two powerhouse cranes, that jointly supported the load, were guided by workmen, stationed around the rim. They inserted sticks between the stationary and moving parts to assure the clearance and... |
| Creator | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Subject | Hydroelectric generators--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.); Rotors--assembly--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
| Coverage | Hydroelectric generators; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hoisting machinery United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Type | Photographs |
| Identifier | cg040b07v10p209.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,4880 |
| Date | 11/28/1942 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. X, Page 209)-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 |
