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  • Columbia Basin Project History; Text of Volume III (1935)
  • Dam construction; Dams; Power plants; Reservoirs; Spillways; Hydroelectric power; Housing; Construction; Plans; Government officials; Excavation; Surveying; Irrigation; Rivers; Pedestrian bridges; Sewerage; Hydraulic facilities; Civil service
  • Entire text portion of Columbia Basin History Project, vol. III documenting the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Drainage Gallery
  • Dam construction
  • Formwork and reinforcement steel for the grouting and drainage gallery along the right abutment of the dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Block 39 Excavation
  • Dam construction; Excavation; Civil engineering; Erosion protection works; Concrete; Construction employees
  • Photograph demonstrates concentration of labor power required for excavation activities where men were the mass expenditure in lieu of machinery that was less efficient in the cramped excavation of the deeper crevices in the river bed.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Columbia Basin Project History; Text of Volume VIII (1940)
  • Dam construction; Dams; Power plants; Reservoirs; Spillways; Hydroelectric power; Housing; Construction; Plans; Government officials; Excavation; Surveying; Irrigation; Rivers; Pedestrian bridges; Sewerage; Hydraulic facilities; Civil service
  • Table of Contents and selected material from volume eight of the Columbia Basin History Project for the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • East Powerhouse Construction Progress
  • Trestles; Construction equipment; Hoisting machinery
  • Progress view of the East Powerhouse. The turbine pits are shown in front of the south wall of the powerhouse.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Map for Construction Railroad
  • Dam construction; Rivers; Surveying; Excavation
  • Plans for proposed Railroad to deliver supplies for the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam and surrounding infrastructure.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Drum Gate Construction
  • Construction employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam
  • After the concrete and grouting of the drum gates cooled, private contractors could begin riveting and the erection process of the drum gates.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • New Cement Plant
  • Concrete
  • The completed cement plant with rail loaded five yard concrete buckets lined up in front ready to be filled for delivery.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Columbia Basin Project History; Text of Volume V (1937)
  • Dam construction; Dams; Power plants; Reservoirs; Spillways; Hydroelectric power; Housing; Construction; Plans; Government officials; Excavation; Surveying; Irrigation; Rivers; Pedestrian bridges; Sewerage; Hydraulic facilities; Civil service
  • Entire text portion of Columbia Basin History Project, vol. V documenting the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection

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