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  • Title: Drilling
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    • Columbia Basin Project History; Text of Volume IX (1941)

    • 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 nine of the Columbia Basin History Project for the Grand Coulee Dam
    • Diamond Drilling

    • Drilling & boring machinery; Construction employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • A photograph showing a government worker drilling uplift pressure holes into the bedrock with a air-driven Sullivan Turbinair diamond drill.
    • "Concore" Drilling Machine

    • Drilling & boring machinery
    • Core samples told inspectors, engineers, and project planners information regarding foundation strength, excavation levels, and even the best sites suited for construction of Grand Coulee Dam, Power plant, and related facilities.
    • 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
    • Calyx Core Drilling

    • Drilling & boring machinery
    • Seven 36-inch diameter "Calyx" holes were drilled in the dam foundation rock in 1937, two of which were in block 41, to serve as "sumps. There was a total of 19 holes put in by the Government for inspection of the rock, the other fourteen being...
    • Columbia Basin Project History; Text of Volume IV (1936)

    • 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. 4 documenting the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam.
    • 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.

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