Side-Hill Gantry Crane
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Title |
Side-Hill Gantry Crane |
Title Caption |
"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. |
Description |
"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. |
Date Original |
1940-05-03 |
Author |
United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation.; photographer unknown |
Library of Congress Subject Headings |
Gantry cranes--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
TGM Subject |
Cranes; Concrete; Trestles |
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 |
cg040b07v08p106.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. 8, pg. 106), 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 scanned at 24 bit color, with 4000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then batch translated into JPEG files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries. |
Notes |
Part of Western Waters Digital Library, http://westernwaters.org/ |
Language |
English |
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