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    • Penstock Construction

    • Penstock Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Placement of steel penstock sections during the construction of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Hard Hat

    • Hard Hat

    • Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Construction workers -- United States.

    • Hard hat worn by construction workers on Grand Coulee Dam. Early version of hard hat was plastic resin impregnated fabric. This one was worn by project engineer Frank Banks.
    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Shows construction method for the lower portion of the dam. Alternating blocks were constructed. The Columbia River was forced through slots by placement of temporary gates on the upstream side of the dam.
    • Spillway and Powerhouse

    • Spillway and Powerhouse

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Spillways -- Design and construction.

    • Grand Coulee Dam spillway and power house under construction, looking west.
    • Rozell Heating Plant under construction, ca. 1969

    • Rozell Heating Plant under construction, ca. 1969

    • Eastern Washington State College; Eastern Washington University -- Buildings -- History; Rozell Heating Plant (Eastern Washington University)

    • Photograph of Rozell Heating plant on the campus of Eastern Washington State College (currently Eastern Washington University), construction crane in foreground. Probably taken from Streeter Hall.
    • Pearce and Dressler Halls, ca. 1966

    • Pearce and Dressler Halls, ca. 1966

    • Eastern Washington State College; Eastern Washington University -- Buildings -- History; Dressler Hall (Eastern Washington University); Pearce Hall (Eastern Washington University)

    • View of student housing under construction on the campus of Eastern Washington State College (currently Eastern Washington University). Pearce Hall, recently completed, in right side of photo, and Dressler Hall, under construction, in center of...
    • Grand Coulee Dam at Night

    • Grand Coulee Dam at Night

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Time exposure of Grand Coulee Dam under construction.
    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction;Cofferdams -- Design and construction.

    • The preparation of the southern end of the dam site has had most of the loose rock removed, and the coffer dam complete. The work of removing soil and loose rock on the north end of the dam was still under way.
    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • The initial level of concrete has been poured across the entire distance of the bottom of the dam. The Columbia is flowing over the central portion of the dam.
    • Tower Removal

    • Tower Removal

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Construction equipment--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam;

    • Demolition of a tower which carried the conveyor belt for aggregate across the Columbia River below the Grand Coulee Dam site.
    • McNary Dam

    • McNary Dam

    • McNary Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • McNary Dam construction began in 1947, powerhouse completed in 1957.
    • McNary Dam

    • McNary Dam

    • McNary Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Construction of McNary Dam began in 1947.
    • Grand Coulee Dam Site

    • Grand Coulee Dam Site

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • View looking down river just as construction began.
    • Third Powerhouse Construction

    • Third Powerhouse Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Original Grand Coulee Dam in background, new third powerhouse at right.
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