Foundation Grouting
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Title |
Foundation Grouting |
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Title Caption |
Sealing rock in foundation for block 39. |
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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. |
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Date Original |
1936-07-17 |
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Author |
United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation.; photographer unknown |
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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 |
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TGM Subject |
Concrete; Hoisting machinery; Civil engineering; Excavation |
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Type |
Image |
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Genre |
Photographs |
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Geographic Area |
United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site; United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam |
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Identifier |
cg040b05v4p158.jpg |
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Publisher |
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/masc.htm |
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Source |
Is found in A History of the Columbia Basin Project (vol. 4, pg. 158), Cage 40, Frank A. Banks Papers http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg40.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
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Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ |
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Rights Notes |
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was created by the United States government. |
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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. |
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Notes |
Part of Western Waters Digital Library, http://westernwaters.org/ |
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Language |
English |
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