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Title |
Cement Storage Facilities |
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Title Caption |
Cement storage and blending plant - storage capacity 55,000 barrels; air compressor plant in the rear. |
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Description |
Seen here are the cement storage and blending tanks for use in constructing the Grand Coulee Dam. During 1936 the Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Co. produced a contemporary record amount of concrete, 1,846,481 cubic yards out of 3,415,465 tons of processed sand and gravel combined with 1,934,330 barrels of cement.(Banks, History vol. 4, 302) |
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Notes |
Part of Western Waters Digital Library: http://westernwaters.org/ |
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Author |
Photographer Unknown; United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings |
Brett gravel pit (Wash.)--Cement--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Aggregates--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley; Aggregate processing plants--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley; Conveying machinery--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
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TGM Subject |
Concrete; Conveying Systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation; Brett Gravel Pit |
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Type |
Photographs |
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Geographic Area |
United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) |
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Identifier |
40b5v4p217.jpg |
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Date Original |
6/1/1936 |
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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 |
Columbia Basin Project History (Vol. IV, Page 217)-Cage 40, Box 05 of the Frank Arthur Banks Papers, 1913-1957: http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg40.htm |
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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. |
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Rights |
For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691. |
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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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Language |
English |
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