Foundation Grouting
Title
Foundation Grouting
Title Caption
Sealing rock in foundation for block 39.
Description
Close up image of workers sealing the crevices and fissures below the foundation of block 39 at the Grand Coulee Dam. All fissures were pressure grouted to fill in seams that would otherwise undermine the structure of the dam.
Notes
Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://westernwaters.org/
Author
Photographer Unknown; United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Grouting--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Foundations--Design and construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)--Pumping Plant
TGM Subject
Concrete ; Hoisting machinery ; Civil engineering ; Excavation
Type
Image
Genre
Photographs
Geographic Area
United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site , Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier
40b5v4p158.jpg
Date Original
1936-07-17
Publisher
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/masc.htm
Source
Is found in Cage 40 , Frank Arthur Banks Papers , 1913-1957 http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg40.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Reproduction
To order a reproduction please see: http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/ , or contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691.
Rights
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Rights Notes
In copyright. Item is in copyright for 120 years from its date of creation due to uncertainty of author's date of death.
Digitization
Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner . While 24 bit 150 PPI JPEG also created and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries .
Language
English
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