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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.
    • 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.
    • Workmen Load Torpedo

    • Railroad bridges; Employees--Grand Coulee Dam; Torpedoes
    • Workman assembling a torpedo composed of spiral welded pipe section, with reducers attached to small pipe for lead-in firing wire, after being loaded with powder.(Marcus bridge pier removal.
    • Winthrop Station Rearing Ponds

    • Fish hatcheries--Washington (State)--Winthrop
    • Eight completed large-type rearing ponds at Winthrop Hatchery Station, with Hatchery buildings in center, looking northwest. At extreme right are shown 3 of the 8 completed small-type ponds. Methow River is about 600' beyond the trees in background.
    • Winthrop Station

    • Fish hatcheries--Washington (State)--Winthrop
    • Private contractor David A. Richardson was awarded the contract for the construction of the rearing ponds, canals, dikes, road surfacing, and drainage and water systems for the Winthrop station.
    • Winthrop Hatchery Station

    • Bulldozers
    • The Winthrop hatchery station on the Methow River. When completed, this station will be one of the tributary hatcheries to which the small fingerling salmon will be transferred from the Leavenworth hatchery.
    • Winter Work on Transformer Deck

    • Construction; Cranes; Power plants--dams--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • Work on the right powerhouse undertaken by extra work order No. 42 was undertaken in 1941 and by December 31, 1941 approximately 85 percent was complete. The job was finished by Consolidated Builders Inc. on January 27, 1942.
    • 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
    • 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.
    • West Highway Construction

    • Excavation; Hoisting machinery; Road construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • West highway retaining wall across slide area south of the "Dragon's Tooth,; and extension southward to Ryan Dump. Concrete placing has been practically completed, and finishing and stripping operations are in progress.
    • Wenatchee Canal

    • Fish hatcheries--Washington (State)--Wenatchee; Fisheries; Fish hatcheries--Washington (State)--Leavenworth
    • Concrete portion of the Wenatchee canal for supplying Wenatchee river water to the Leavenworth station.
    • Waterfall at Grand Coulee Dam

    • Dams; Spillways--Washington--Grand Coulee Dam
    • Waterfalls in the process of formation. The flow of surplus water was shifted from the outlet tunnels to the drum gates in the presence of visitors estimated at 15,000, during a coast-wide broadcast.
    • 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.
    • Washington State Guard

    • Military training--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
    • Washington State Guard. Members, employees of the Bureau and the contractor, were given basic military training according to army standards, by experienced veteran officers.

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