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.
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.
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,...
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.
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.
Eastern Washington University -- Classrooms; Home economics; Fashion design drawings
Photograph of faculty and students in the Human Learning and Development Home Economics class of Eastern Washington University examining a fashion design drawing.
Eastern Washington University -- Classrooms; Home economics; Fashion designs
Photograph of faculty and students in the Human Learning and Development Home Economics class of Eastern Washington University examining a fashion design outfit.
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.
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.