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    • “A Cut Down Version”

    • “A Cut Down Version”

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

    • Small version of the concrete buckets used during the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The ones used on Grand Coulee Dam were larger, with a four cubic-yard capacity.
    • “Men Of Steel”

    • “Men Of Steel”

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

    • Workers assembling steel rebar (reinforcing bar) for a concrete pier.
    • Anderson,

    • Anderson,

    • Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Anderson, who appears to be a worker on the Grand Coulee Dam project.
    • Art Class, Cheney State Normal School

    • Art Class, Cheney State Normal School

    • Cheney State Normal School -- Classrooms; State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.); Art education

    • Photograph of an art class at the Cheney State Normal School (currently Eastern Washington University). The class was most likely held in the old Training School Building, which was used for most normal school functions between May, 1912 and June,...
    • Before the Dam

    • Before the Dam

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

    • Dam site before the start of construction of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Brett Gravel Pit

    • Brett Gravel Pit

    • 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.
    • Brett Gravel Pit Operations

    • Brett Gravel Pit Operations

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

    • Gravel quarry for Grand Coulee Dam project. The gravel was moved from the quarry to the concrete plant by conveyer belt.
    • Building the Contractor’s Railroad

    • Building the Contractor’s Railroad

    • 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.
    • Bulldozer

    • Bulldozer

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

    • Tractor specially equipped to clean trucks used for overburden removal at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Camp Ferry

    • Camp Ferry

    • Barges; Construction workers -- United States.

    • One of the camps for crews clearing the reservoir area was built on barges.
    • Coffer Dam Construction

    • Coffer Dam Construction

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

    • Building the coffer dam at the site of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Coffer Dam Construction

    • Coffer Dam Construction

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

    • Work on the coffer dam at the site of Grand Coulee Dam. One crane is on a barge in the river, another is on land.
    • Coffer Dam Construction

    • Coffer Dam Construction

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

    • Construction at Grand Coulee Dam, showing several aspects of work. Drillers with air drills working to get down to un-fractured bedrock, coffer dam construction, and the overhead conveyor belt transporting aggregate to the concrete mixing plants.
    • Coffer Dam Construction

    • Coffer Dam Construction

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

    • Coffer dam construction at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Construction Towns

    • Construction Towns

    • Mason City (Wash.) [town]

    • The “Government Town” in the foreground, and the “Contractor’s Town” across the river, in the background. Mason City, the contractor’s town, was named for Silas B. Mason.
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