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    • McNary Dam

    • McNary Dam

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

    • Construction of McNary Dam began in 1947.
    • 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.
    • Inside the Pumping Plant

    • Inside the Pumping Plant

    • Grand Coulee Pumping Plant (Wash.); Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State)

    • Construction of the pumping plant, seen from the inside, looking south.
    • Building the Contractor’s Railroad

    • Building the Contractor’s Railroad

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery) ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- History

    • Construction of the temporary railroad from Coulee City to the dam site utilized methods common a half century earlier when the Northern Pacific built its branch to Coulee City. Horse drawn fresno scrapers are being used to grade the roadbed.
    • Grand Coulee Dam

    • Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • Construction site at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Drilling Crew

    • Drilling Crew

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

    • Crew working with air drills working their way to solid bedrock for the foundation of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Down to Bedrock

    • Down to Bedrock

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

    • Crews working to prepare the southern end of the dam site by removing soil and loose rock.
    • Before the Dam

    • Before the Dam

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

    • Dam site before the start of construction of Grand Coulee 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.
    • Driller

    • Driller

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

    • Drilling for preparation for foundation of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Grand Coulee Dam Site

    • Grand Coulee Dam Site

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

    • Early construction work at the dam site. Removal of overburden was under way. View looking upstream.
    • 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.
    • Grand Coulee Dam under construction

    • Grand Coulee Dam under construction

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

    • Employee inspecting piping at Grand Coulee Dam during the process of pouring and curing concrete.
    • Grand Coulee Housing

    • Grand Coulee Housing

    • Fire; Grand Coulee (Wash. : Coulee);Central business districts -- United States -- History.

    • Example of typical housing in Grand Coulee during the construction boom. Photograph taken during a fire.
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