Skip to main content

CONTENTdm Website

Add or remove other collections to your search:



Narrow your search by:



Author

Date Original

Digitization

TGM Subject

You've searched: Frank A. Banks Collection

  • TGM Subject: employees--Washington
(95 results)



Display: 20

    • Riggers Prepare Sections for Removal

    • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation; Concrete
    • Riggers attaching a sling to a large section of concrete wall between pits 8 and 7, preparatory to removal. The opening was required for coupling the Shasta turbine in pit No. 7 to the penstock in pit No. 8.
    • Drum Gate Inspection

    • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • A photograph showing engineers checking the installation of hinge anchors, due to the fact that some of the hinge anchors installed had interference between the anchor and the base where they were to be connected.
    • Installation of Drum Gate Hydraulic Jacks

    • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydraulic facilities
    • Hydraulic jacks in position, preparatory to the lowering of a drum gate in the spillway section of the dam. The gates were assembled in their raised position.
    • Flame Cleaning Spillway Drum Gates

    • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Welding--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • "Flame-cleaning" the exterior of a spillway drum gate, preparatory to the application of four coats of paint. Eighteen acres of metal surface stared welders in the face when they recently began cleaning the interiors and exteriors of the 11 giant...
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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...
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Rotor Installation in Unit B Generator

    • Hydroelectric generators; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • West Powerhouse: Building the rotor for the Shasta, Unit B, generator. The magnetic circuit for the field poles is built up of thin steel plates, forming a cylinder around the spider and shaft.
    • Moving Shasta Stator

    • Hydroelectric generators; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hoisting machinery; Flags--United States
    • Lifting the 245-ton Shasta stator and thrust bearing bracket from the erection base between Grand Coulee units L-2 and L-3, in the left powerhouse, to their seat above the turbine in pit No. 7.
    • Water Wheel of Turbine

    • Water tunnels--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • The water wheel of a "Shasta" turbine being lowered into place. Guide vanes, which direct water from the scroll case into the wheel and also stiffen the speed ring, are visible behind the rigger.
    • Generator Pit from Above

    • Water tunnels--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • Looking down on work in pit No. 8, from the top of the wall at El. 991, between pits 8 and 7. Reinforcing steel for the throat of the draft tube has been placed.
    • Scroll Case Erection

    • Water tunnels--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Bolts & nuts
    • Erection of the scroll case of Shasta turbine L-8. This view shows men using sledge and flatter to lay up a butt strap, after heating.

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
 

Layout options:

Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK