Record Details
Scroll Case Elbow
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Scroll Case Elbow |
| Description | Special elbows were required to connect a Shasta turbine scroll case in one turbine pit with a penstock in an adjoining pit because the Shasta turbines turned in a "left-handed" direction while the Grand Coulee units turn "right-handed. Each inlet is made of 1 1/2-inch plate steel, and consists of eight sections, including two expansion joints. The tube is 47 feet long on the center line, 15 feet in diameter at the intake, reducing to 12 feet 8 inches at the scrollcase. The manufacturer,... Special elbows were required to connect a Shasta turbine scroll case in one turbine pit with a penstock in an adjoining pit because the Shasta turbines turned in a "left-handed" direction while the Grand Coulee units turn "right-handed. Each inlet is made of 1 1/2-inch plate steel, and consists of eight sections, including two expansion joints. The tube is 47 feet long on the center line, 15 feet in diameter at the intake, reducing to 12 feet 8 inches at the scrollcase. The manufacturer,... |
| Creator | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Subject | Water turbines--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction contracts--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Formwork--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
| Coverage | Water Tunnels--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
| Type | Photographs |
| Identifier | cg040b07v10p218.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,4888 |
| Date | 12/28/1942 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 218)-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 |
