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The preparation of the southern end of the dam site has had most of the loose rock removed, and the coffer dam complete. The work of removing soil and loose rock on the north end of the dam was still under way.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction;Cofferdams -- Design and construction.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
The initial level of concrete has been poured across the entire distance of the bottom of the dam. The Columbia is flowing over the central portion of the dam.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction;Railroads -- Design and construction.
The official opening of the contractor’s railroad was on July 29, 1935. Much of the work had been completed several months earlier. Governor Clarence D. Martin was the official engineer for the first official trip.
Right of way -- Law and legislation -- United States; Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.); Marcus (Wash.) Photographs.
Catherine Michel age approximately 80, lived near Marcus, Washington. The Michels had to relocate along with the other residents of Marcus when Lake Roosevelt inundated the original town site.
Right of way -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Philip Nalder, head of the right of way department for the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. Nalder is nailing a notice to the door of a property purchased by the government indicating that it is now Interior Department property.
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Demolition of a tower which carried the conveyor belt for aggregate across the Columbia River below the Grand Coulee Dam site.