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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
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Unit L-3
  • Construction employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Unit L-3 in the left powerhouse. The turbine scroll case has been embedded in concrete, and form work and concrete placing operations are now in progress for the generator foundation.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • L-3 Main Unit Turbine Installation
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydroelectric generators; Hoisting machinery
  • Main unit L-3 turbine runner (water-wheel) suspended over turbine pit in left powerhouse, and about to be lowered into position.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • L-3 Turbine Pit Inspection
  • Hydroelectric generators; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Mr. Frank J. Malarky, erecting engineer for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, inspecting completed installation in the L-3 turbine pit. Servo-motor appears in right background, with wicket gate shaft housings in left foreground.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Frank A. Banks and A.F. Darland Observe Operation of L-3 Generator
  • Control rooms--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Employees--Washington (State)--Columbia River Basin Project (U.S.); Hydroelectric power
  • Construction Engineer A. F. Darland and Supervising Engineer F.A. Banks watching operation of main unit generator L-3, as load of 105,000 kilowatts is reached.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • L-3 Generator-voltage Bus Structure
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydroelectric power
  • The installation of the L-3 generator-voltage bus structure was completed by private contractor I.T.E. Circuit Breaker Company.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection

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