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  • General View of Area from North Cliffs
  • Grand Coulee (Wash.); Dams; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Bridges--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • A few downstream of the Grand Coulee Dam with floodgates open.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Misty Switchyard
  • Electrical apparatus; Fog--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Take-off towers in bay LY-1 of the 17 bay, 230-kilovolt left switchyard formed one end of the fist transmission lines to join Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams. The circuit was temporarily strung to this bay because of a shortage of steel for towers...
  • 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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  • Water Falling over Grand Coulee Dam
  • Grand Coulee (Wash.); Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Aerial view of both the nearly complete Grand Coulee Dam and the lower town of Coulee.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Long View of Grand Coulee Dam Foundation in March, 1938
  • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Civil engineering; Trestles
  • This long view photograph shows progress on the Grand Coulee Dam at the end of the M.W.A.K. contract covering excavation and foundation of the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Concrete Placement in Spillway Bucket
  • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Power plants; Concrete
  • Workers pouring bottom portion of Grand Coulee Dam spillway bucket.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Twenty-Four Hour Construction of Grand Coulee Dam
  • Hydraulic facilities; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Civil engineering; Trestles
  • Construction activities proceeded twenty-four hours a day to complete the monolithic Grand Coulee Dam.
  • 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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  • Aggregate Stock Piles
  • Concrete; Conveying systems--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Excavation; Brett Gravel Pit
  • Picture of raw stock pile at Brett Pit with Grand Coulee in the background.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • 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...
  • 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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  • 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.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Tight fit between Stator and Rotor
  • Hydroelectric generators; Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hoisting machinery
  • A tight fit. The clearance between the huge 25-foot rotors and the stators of the two 75,000-kilowatt Shasta Dam generators, being installed at Grand Coulee Dam to make additional power available for war industries, is only 5/8 inch. In lowering...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Open Spillways and Falsework
  • Hoisting machinery; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Road construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Spillway section of the Grand Coulee Dam, with the erection of falsework for the spillway bridge arch barrels in progress.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Leveling Shoes
  • Employees--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Hydroelectric generators
  • Eight "shoes" and one 8-foot iron and steel "doughnut" make up a thrust bearing for one of the big generating sets at the Grand Coulee powerhouse. Weeks of machine work and polishing are put into making the thrust runner, the face of which must be...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • The Blue Ox
  • Tugboats--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Bulldozers; Trucks--United States--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • The "Blue Ox," a small tug driven by a 125-horsepower Diesel motor, was trucked from the reservoir above the Grand Coulee Dam to the river below, to be used in sounding operations, part of a study to determine the necessity for widening the river...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Arrival of Transformer
  • Dams; Trestles; Dump trucks--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Electrical apparatus
  • Private contractor the General Electric Company furnished transformers under the specifications order number 896. This photograph shows the first of many transformers being delivered to the Grand Coulee Dam.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Grand Coulee Waterfall
  • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Floods--Columbia River
  • Spectacular waterfall at Coulee Dam surpasses Niagara in height. During the 1940 flood stage, the Columbia River was diverted through the outlet works and over a portion of the unfinished spillway section.
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Downstream Clean-Up Before Flooding
  • Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam; Power plants; Excavation
  • Downstream clean-up activities before removing the cofferdam and rewatering the East Bank
  • Frank A. Banks Collection
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  • Sharpening Drill Bits: Finished Product
  • Forge shops--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
  • Re-sharpened drill bits ready for reuse in drilling core holes to facilitate grouting fissures, cracks, and voids in the foundational bedrock of Grand Coulee Dam. Construction crews used these drill bits for shaft and tunnel method exploration of...
  • Frank A. Banks Collection

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