Drum Gate Erection
Rating |
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Title |
Drum Gate Erection |
Title Caption |
Erection in progress on drum gate No. 1. When fully assembled, the Grand Coulee drum gates are 135 feet long 28 feet high and weigh 735 tons. |
Description |
Erection in progress on drum gate No. 1. When fully assembled, the Grand Coulee drum gates are 135 feet long 28 feet high and weigh 735 tons. |
Date Original |
1940-12-05 |
Author |
United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation.; photographer unknown |
Library of Congress Subject Headings |
Floodgates assembly--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Reinforcing bars--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Concrete--Construction hinges--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Floodgates--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Flood control--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trashracks--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam |
TGM Subject |
Sluice gates |
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 |
cg040b07v08p169.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. 169), 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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