General map (1923)
Rating
Title
General map (1923)
Creator
Dept . of the Interior . U.S . Bureau of Reclamation . Columbia Basin Project
Date.Original
1923
Publisher
Spokane , Wa . : Dept . of the Interior , U.S . Bureau of Reclamation
Description
1 map ; negative : 18 x 34 cm . Gravity Project Area , Pumping Project Area , and Boundary of watershed above Albany Falls all marked by differentiated shading . Before the arrival to Washington State of the first irrigation projects handled by the U.S . Reclamation Service , the Northern Pacific Railroad and other railway companies funded private irrigation projects in the Columbia River Basin . Their efforts stemmed from a desire to see the entire state in top production and farming communities everywhere in need of railroad shipping services . The project was much too large for one railroad company or town , or other private investor to take handle . By 1919 , a number of government agencies (both state and federal) reviewed irrigation plans for the area . Among the top three were the "Gravity Plan ", pushed by the city of Spokane and the Washington Water Power Company , the "Pumping Plan " proposed by Billy Clapp of Ephrata and supported by the surveys of Mr . James O'Sullivan , and the "Wenatchee Lake Plan ", originating with Wenatchee Valley booster , Mr . Rufus Woods and taken on by the Quincy Valley Water Users Association . The Wenatchee Lake Plan proposed a gravity canal built from Wenatchee Lake in the mountains down to the floor of the Quincy Valley and would only water 400,000 acres . The Pumping Plan involved the erection of a dam at Grand Coulee , giving water to an estimated 1,400,000 acres in the Big Bend country to its south . This map shows both the Gravity Plan and the Pumping Plan . Throughout the 1920s , a number of survey reports weighing the feasibility of both plans were given , and approved the gravity plan over the pumping plan . However , the Corps of Engineers ' "308 Report " compiled by Major John S . Butler , was the first to approve of the Grand Coulee (pumping plan) venture . When used as evidence in the House of Representative's hearing by the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation , the tide had changed and the pumping plan was approved over the gravity plan . With this approval , in 1933 President Roosevelt signed for appropriation of funds made possible by the National Industrial Recovery Act and construction on the Grand Coulee Dam began soon after .
Subject
Irrigation--United States (western)--Maps ; ; ; ;; ; Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)
Type
Image
Genre
Maps
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (State) ; United States--Idaho ; United States--Montana
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was created by the United States government.
Identifier
wsu509 ; cg222b5-1
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Digitization
Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Format
image/jpg2000
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
Source
Is found in Cage 222 , Osmar Waller Papers https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg222.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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