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    • Pumping Plant Construction

    • Pumping Plant Construction

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

    • Construction of the pumping plant at Grand Coulee Dam under way, with dam in center background, and construction towns in distance.
    • Pumping Station Excavation

    • Pumping Station Excavation

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

    • Preparation for constructing the pumping station to bring water from Lake Roosevelt into the Grand Coulee itself. Boring the tunnels for the pumping plant.
    • Pumping Station Excavation

    • Pumping Station Excavation

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

    • Excavation for pumping station to pump water from Lake Roosevelt into the Grand Coulee.
    • Reinforcing Steel

    • Reinforcing Steel

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

    • Steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in the training wall at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Scaffolding

    • Scaffolding

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

    • Scaffolding used on the construction of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Shift Change

    • Shift Change

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

    • Workers going to work pass those coming off the job on Grand Coulee Dam
    • Spillway and Powerhouse

    • Spillway and Powerhouse

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

    • Grand Coulee Dam spillway and power house under construction, looking west.
    • Spillway, Grand Coulee Dam

    • Spillway, Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • The bottom of the spillway, nearing completion.
    • Spray Nozzles

    • Spray Nozzles

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

    • Spray nozzles for use curing concrete in Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Steel Work

    • Steel Work

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

    • Assembling reinforcing steel for the Third Powerhouse project at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Steel Work

    • Steel Work

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

    • Steel worker assembling reinforcing steel for the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Temporary Gate for Grand Coulee Dam

    • Temporary Gate for Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • A temporary floodgate used to close off a slot in the dam is being barged into position.
    • 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.
    • Third Powerhouse Construction

    • Third Powerhouse Construction

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

    • Original Grand Coulee Dam in background, new third powerhouse at right.
    • Toppling a Tower

    • Toppling a Tower

    • 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.
    • Tower Removal

    • Tower Removal

    • 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.
    • 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,...
    • Trash Racks

    • Trash Racks

    • 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.
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