View of water powered flour mill at Chapman Lake in southern Spokane County, Washington. Gristmill was established by Ole Dybdall in the late nineteenth century.
Washington (State) -- Cheney -- History; Northern Pacific Railway Company -- History; Railroads
Photograph of an early 20th Century train, probably the Spokane - Puget Sound Local of the Northern Pacific Railway, heading westbound out of Cheney, ca. 1912.
City Council members -- Washington (State) -- Cheney – Interviews; Public welfare – Washington (State) – Spokane County; Community development; Community welfare councils – United States; Women’s rights – United States – History –...
Oral history interview transcript with Virginia White. Her topics include the Cheney City Council and the Cheney Community Service Council.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery) ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- History
Construction of the temporary railroad from Coulee City to the dam site utilized methods common a half century earlier when the Northern Pacific built its branch to Coulee City. Horse drawn fresno scrapers are being used to grade the roadbed.