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  • Washington State Convention of the National Federal Employees
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Columbia River Basin Project (U.S.)
  • Officers and delegates of the Washington State Convention of the National Federation of Federal Employees, held at Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Employees Coming on Shift
  • Civil service; Government officials; Construction employees
  • Employees lining up to receive equipment before their shift.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • M.W.A.K. Columbian (Safety News letter): Volume Three Number Forty Seven
  • Concrete; Safety; Jokes; Sand; Cofferdams; Accidents; Tunnels; Conveyors; Spillways; Welders
  • Third Volume, Forty Seventh issue, of the Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier CO. builders of Coulee Dam Safety Newsletter. Created by the Safety Department and issued to the residents of Mason City and contract workers at Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • L-1 Transformer
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Electrical apparatus; Hydroelectric power; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Employees installing a transformer on the transformer deck of the left powerhouse.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • M.W.A.K. Columbian (Safety News letter): Volume Three Number Thirty
  • Employees; Labor; Trestles; Drilling; Locomotives; Safety; Jokes; Engineers; Excavation
  • Third Volume, Thirtieth issue, of the Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier CO. builders of Coulee Dam Safety Newsletter. Created by the Safety Department and issued to the residents of Mason City and contract workers at Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • M.W.A.K. Columbian (Safety News letter): Volume Three Number Thirty Four
  • Reservoirs; Conveying systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Grouting; Safety; Drawings; Jokes; Spillways; Concrete; Employees; Conveyors
  • Third Volume, Thirty Fourth issue, of the Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier CO. builders of Coulee Dam Safety Newsletter. Created by the Safety Department and issued to the residents of Mason City and contract workers at Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Glass Block Window Frames
  • Construction employees; Window boxes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Three employees of contractor Owens-Illinois Glass Company are shown constructing one of the ten bay windows for the downstream wall of the left powerhouse.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • First-aid Training
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; First aid--Washington (State)--Coulee Dam
  • Fir-aid instructors' class. Instructor demonstrating with rubber tubing the arterial pressure points for shutting off the blood stream at various parts of the body.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Elevator in West Powerhouse in Operation
  • Elevators; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • A passenger leaving the 4,000-pound capacity elevator in the control bay of the west powerhouse. The machine can be operated either with or without an attendant, and travels about 180 feet. A 10,000-pound capacity freight elevator is in service in...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Reinforcing Steel
  • Safety equipment; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Smoking--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • A photograph of workers preparing heavy reinforcing steel while two men loiter smoking.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • East Powerhouse
  • Concrete; Construction; Hoisting machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • A view of the construction status of the east powerhouse at the Grand Coulee Dam up to the date of the picture.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Concrete Skipway
  • Equipment & personnel transportation; Concrete; Construction; Hoisting machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • View down the concrete transfer skipway toward the east powerhouse area.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Niles Radial Drill Press in Work
  • Drilling & boring machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • A six-foot Niles radial drill press, in the machine shop of the left powerhouse, was used to bore a re-babbited wear-ring in the stuffing-box of turbine L-3.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • L-1 Stator
  • Hydroelectric generators; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hoisting machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Stator of Westinghouse 108,000-kw. generator L-1 being set in place over finished steel blocks and anchor bolts embedded in concrete, concentric with the axis of the turbine.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Crane Preparing to Lift Intermediate Shaft of L-1 Generator
  • Hydroelectric generators; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hoisting machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Crane hooking on to the 24-foot intermediate shaft of generating unit L-1. Hinged fixtures facilitate bringing the shaft into a vertical position, with the fixture at the left uppermost.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Bill Miller Prepares for Coupling of Turbine Shaft
  • Hydroelectric generators; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • The 24-foot intermediate section of the shaft of unit L-1 being lowered into position for coupling with the turbine shaft. Bill Miller, master mechanic, inspects the surface of the shaft flange; Don Reeder, machinist foreman, at the right; "Doc"...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Rotor of Westinghouse Generator
  • Hydroelectric generators; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hoisting machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Lowering the 537-ton rotor of Westinghouse 108,000-kw. generator L-1 into place.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Workmen Tighten Nuts
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Electrical apparatus; Hydroelectric generators
  • Workmen tightening nuts on the thrust bearing runner of unit L-1. An insulator bushing of a General Electric 36,000-kv.-a. transformer at the left.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Shaving to Size
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydroelectric generators; Grinding machines
  • For the purpose of improving the operation of turbine L-1, the trailing edges of the runner blades were reduced in thickness by chipping and grinding.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Powerhouse Floor
  • Hydroelectric generators; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Setting on the powerhouse floor at El. 991, between generators L-2 and L-3, steel plates on which to assemble the stator of Shasta generator.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection

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