Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Details; Church architecture -- Washington (State); Sculpture; Gargoyles
Photograph of several construction workers installing the carved "lion" chimera on the gallery rail of St. John's Cathedral in Spokane, Washington. Lifting crane shown as well. The chimera is an ornamental sculpture similar to a gargoyle.
Church architecture -- Details; Church architecture -- Washington (State); Altars; Crosses; Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.)
Photograph of the interior of St. John's Cathedral in Spokane Washington. Photograph shows the altar and cross of St. James Chapel to the south of the main sanctuary. The altar is backed by the reredos, carved from the wood of a red oak tree...
Concrete construction; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Silos.
Cement storage silos and unloading platform at Grand Coulee. The cement was pumped from this location to the mixing house at the dam, a distance of over a mile.
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.
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.
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,...
TRASH RACKS (HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES); Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
Trash Racks on the upstream side of Grand Coulee Dam. The trash racks were to keep floating debris from entering the penstocks and damaging the turbines.