Structures which were to be inundated by the reservoir were removed before the lake started to fill. The photo appears to show the destruction of one of the piers which supported the Great Northern bridge across the Columbia at Marcus, Washington.
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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.