A portion of the crowd at Coulee Dam, Washington listening to President Harry S. Truman speaking at the dedication of Grand Coulee Dam and Lake Roosevelt.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.); Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Inchelium (Wash.) -- History.
View of the main street of the old town of Inchelium. The town was a sub-agency on the Colville Indian Reservation, which had to be moved to make way for Lake Roosevelt.
Wrecking; Kettle Falls site (Wash. : State); Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.)
Demolition work at the old town of Kettle Falls. Homes were either moved, or demolished prior to inundation following the completion of Grand Coulee Dam.
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.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
Removal of one of the towers used to support the conveyor belt which delivered aggregate to the west side mix plant. The foundation level of Grand Coulee Dam is complete, and the river flows through diversion slots in the dam.
Concrete construction; Construction workers -- United States; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
Two workmen appear to be pressure washing the top of a pour of concrete.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Concrete construction; Gravel.
Aerial view of the Brett gravel pit. This was a source of aggregate for concrete used in the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. View is looking generally south.
Concrete construction; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
Concrete was carried from the mixing plant to the job site in four cubic yard buckets, which were loaded on flat cars, each carrying four of the buckets at a time. The trains ran out onto temporary trestle work, and cranes picked up the buckets,...
Fire; Grand Coulee (Wash. : Coulee);Central business districts -- United States -- History.
The Grand Coulee Club on “B” Street in Grand Coulee being protected during a fire. Built in 1933 by Mr. and Mrs. John Pozar, it was operating as “Mom’s Tavern” in 1970.