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  • Plan for Storage Reservoirs and a Chlorination Plant
  • Construction; Plans; Roads; Water supply; Reservoirs; Hydraulic facilities
  • Plans for storage reservoirs and a chlorination plant at the Grand Coulee Dam work camp
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Reservoir Debris
  • Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Debris--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • The clearing of the Columbia River Reservoir was one of the largest projects undertaken by the WPA. Completed in December 1941, the project took three years total to finish.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Columbia River Reservoir
  • Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • General view of Columbia River reservoir area, looking north from a point about 2-1/2 miles north of the old Hunters Ferry. This area has been logged, and cleared of all brush, stumps, and slashings. Clearing work was done by WPA forces.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Kettle Falls
  • Boats--Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Site of Kettle Falls on the Columbia River, with the Columbia River reservoir water surface at elevation 1239 feet. Note boat towing log boom whose destination is a sawmill near the old town of Peach.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • The Last Tree
  • Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Celebrations--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Celebrations--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Tree felling--Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • The last tree remaining on the Columbia River reservoir area, being felled by Mr. F.A. Banks, Supervising Engineer of the Bureau of Reclamation, and Mr. Carl W. Smith, State Administrator of the Work Projects Administration. The location is in the...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • M.W.A.K. Columbian (Safety News letter); Volume Three Number Seven
  • Trestles; Sand; Reservoirs; Construction; Employees; Safety; Tunnels; Conveyors; Water; Concrete; Cofferdams; Rivers; Governments; Excavation
  • Third Volume, 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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  • Sawmill Erection
  • Sawmills--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • The Bureau of Reclamation is erecting a sawmill and planer, with a normal daily capacity of approximately 25,000 board-feet, on the west shore of the reservoir, in the area of Ryan's dump. The sawmill building (at the left) is of heavy timber...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • General Map of Columbia Basin Project
  • Maps; Reservoirs
  • Map depicts entire area impacted by Grand Coulee Dam and the projected locations of all dam facilities.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Lake Roosevelt
  • Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Coulee Dam; Pumping plants
  • View of the reservoir and the upstream face of the Grand Coulee Dam, from the west abutment. The pumping plant wing-dam appears in the foreground. The reservoir water surface is at elevation 1243.3, and the water surface downstream from the dam is...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Utility Water Reservoir
  • Dam construction; Dams; Reservoirs; Hydroelectric power; Housing; Concrete; Trestles; Construction
  • Photograph of construction on a utility water reservoir at the Government Camp for those working on the Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Federal Guard Patrol Boat
  • Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Boats--Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Together with the U.S. Coast Guard the Federal Guards at the Grand Coulee Dam patrolled the Columbia River with small patrol boats.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Whitestone Rock
  • Boats--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Rock formations--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Excursion boat, "Miss Coulee," passing Whitestone Rock, a picturesque landmark about 27 miles above the Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Columbia River Reservoir
  • Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Railroad bridges
  • Columbia River reservoir. The old town site of Marcus in the foreground, with the abandoned Great Northern Railroad bridge at the right. Water surface of the reservoir is at elevation 1252.5.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Yacht Club in Lake Roosevelt
  • Boats--Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Lake back of Grand Coulee Dam, with "Yacht Club" landing and government dock in central foreground. The 230-kilovolt left switchyards appear in the background on the hillside.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Aircraft Lands on Grand Coulee Dam Reservoir
  • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Transport planes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • The first aircraft to land on the storage reservoir above the Grand Coulee Dam. The plane, a Fairchild C-24, was piloted by Mr. Alfred Wolf, with Mrs. Wolf as passenger, and was being flown from factory to a customer.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Columbia Basin Project History; Text of Volume X (1942)
  • 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 ten of the Columbia Basin History Project for the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Exploratory Drilling on Icicle Creek
  • Public Works projects; Reservoirs
  • Exploratory drilling for No. 2 diversion channel and the water retention and holding facility for fish migration beyond the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Utility and Domestic Use Water Reservoir
  • Dam construction; Dams; Power plants; Reservoirs; Hydroelectric power; Hydraulic facilities
  • Photograph of a water reservoir used domestically by workers and in construction of the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Schematic of Concrete Cooling-Pipe System
  • Dam construction; Dams; Power plants; Reservoirs; Spillways; Hydroelectric power; Rivers
  • Schematic of the entire pipe system at the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Government Camp: Housing Under Construction
  • Dam construction; Dams; Power plants; Reservoirs; Hydroelectric power; Hydraulic facilities
  • Photograph of housing under constructed at the government worker camp for the Grand Coulee Dam project.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection

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