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    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

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

    • The Columbia River flowed through slots in the dam, as other sections were poured.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Grand Coulee Dam Site

    • Grand Coulee Dam Site

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

    • Early work under way on both banks of the Columbia.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam Construction

    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • The Silos

    • The Silos

    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Trains Carrying Concrete

    • Trains Carrying Concrete

    • 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,...
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Four Cubic-yard Buckets

    • Four Cubic-yard Buckets

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

    • Photo of new equipment being assembled at the contractor’s yard at Coulee City. Flat cars with brand new dump buckets for moving concrete.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Foundation Work at Grand Coulee

    • Foundation Work at Grand Coulee

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

    • Portions of the foundation level of Grand Coulee Dam have been poured, others remain to be poured. In the foreground, cooling coils are visible. These were required to maintain the desired temperature for optimum curing of the concrete.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Hungry Horse Dam site

    • Hungry Horse Dam site

    • Dams -- Montana; Dam construction -- Montana; Hungry Horse Dam

    • Hungry Horse Dam is on the South Fork of the Flathead River in Montana. The dam was built as part of the Hungry Horse Project to provide hydroelectric power and flood control. At 564 feet, the dam is the 10th highest in the U.S.
    • Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection
    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Anderson,

    • Anderson,

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

    • Anderson, who appears to be a worker on the Grand Coulee Dam project.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Mechanical Screed

    • Mechanical Screed

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

    • A special mechanical screed was built for finishing the concrete in the bucket section of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Hubert Blonk
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