Bus Structure Base
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Title |
Bus Structure Base |
Title Caption |
The bus structure base which will support the heavy power conductors leading to the pumping plant. The steel dowels are for the concrete walls of the box-like gallery structure, which will enclose the conductors and which will be built at some future date. On the left, in the downstream face of the dam, are the 24-inch diameter drain outlets for the twist adjustment slot between blocks 9 and 10. |
Description |
Though workers began preliminary work on the bus structure in 1938, concrete placement and major construction did not begin till 1939. |
Date Original |
1939 |
Author |
United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation.; Messrs. Johnson and Erickson selected photographs from photographers Pomeroy, Robinson, and Russell. |
Library of Congress Subject Headings |
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)--Pumping Plant; Electric power distribution--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Surface drainage--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
TGM Subject |
Pumping plants |
Type |
Image |
Genre |
Photographs |
Geographic Area |
United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site; United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam |
Identifier |
cg040b07v7p172.jpg |
Publisher |
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/ |
Source |
Is found in A History of the Columbia Basin Project (vol. 7, pg. 172), Cage 40, Frank A. Banks Papers https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg40.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes |
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was created by the United States government. |
Digitization |
Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. While 24 bit 150 PPI JPEG also created and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries. |
Notes |
Part of Western Waters Digital Library, http://westernwaters.org/ |
Language |
English |
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