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    • 150-ton Gantry Crane

    • Cranes; Hoisting machinery
    • 150-ton "streamlined" crane, which will operate on the left abutment of dam roadway. This crane has been completed except for the installation of the permanent wiring, which is now in progress by government electricians. The crane is used in the...
    • Switchgears

    • Electrical apparatus; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • 6900-volt switchgear XLS panels in the station service bay of the left powerhouse.
    • 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...
    • Winter Maintenance

    • Winter work
    • "Force account crews" operated the government garage, fire station, and shops, together with conducting general maintenance of all buildings, streets, sewer, water, and electricity systems
    • Side-Hill Gantry Crane

    • Cranes; Concrete; Trestles
    • "Side-hill" gantry crane. The upper runway rail is 36 feet above the trestle deck and is set into the sloping face of the dam. This crane and a similar one on the other end of the dam were used to complete concrete placing in the abutment sections.
    • Giant Gantry Crane

    • Hoisting machinery; Roads--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • A 150-ton crane on the dam above the left powerhouse, used in assembling and installing coaster gates over the entrances to the penstocks.
    • American Flag

    • Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Flags--United States
    • A 20x38 American Flag was hung against the east wall of the west powerhouse to inspire workmen to maximum efficiency.
    • Scroll Case Section

    • Power plants
    • A 30-ton section of the scroll case for a 150,000 hp. hydraulic turbine which is to be installed in the left powerhouse. There are 14 sections in the entire scroll case with a total weight of 291 tons.
    • Rotor Installation

    • Hydroelectric generators; Hoisting machinery; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • A 527-ton rotor, for the first of the 108,000 kilowatt generating sets, being fitted inside the stator or stationary section of main unit L-3. Two 350-ton cranes, joined together by means of a 60-ton lifting beam consisting of two single-trees and...
    • Pump Inlet Pipe

    • Pumping plants
    • A big pump inlet pipe is lowered to temporary timber cribbing. When the pipe is blocked to final line and grade, steel struts and ties will replace timber cribbing.
    • Conveyor of New Mixing Plant

    • Conveying systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete mixers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction
    • A bucket conveyor will be used to lift aggregate from timber bunkers to the top of the new Bureau of Reclamation mixing plant, where a chute will direct the flow into any one of three compartments of a storage bin.

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