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.
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,...
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.
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.
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.
Church architecture -- Details; Church architecture -- Washington (State); Altars; Crosses; Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.)
Photograph of the interior of St. John's Cathedral in Spokane Washington. Photograph shows the altar and cross of St. James Chapel to the south of the main sanctuary. The altar is backed by the reredos, carved from the wood of a red oak tree...
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Details; Church architecture -- Washington (State); Sculpture; Gargoyles
Photograph of several construction workers installing the carved "lion" chimera on the gallery rail of St. John's Cathedral in Spokane, Washington. Lifting crane shown as well. The chimera is an ornamental sculpture similar to a gargoyle.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Washington (State); Construction; Roofs
Photograph of a view of the roof sheathing, probably copper, being applied to St. John's Cathedral, Spokane Washington. Photograph also shows a ladder on the roof in the foreground.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Details; Church architecture -- Washington (State); Naves; Construction
Interior photograph of the top of one of the clerestory windows in the nave, showing construction scaffolding in St. John's Cathedral, Spokane Washington.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Washington (State)
Photograph of the view of the main entrance to St. John's Cathedral, Spokane Washington. Photograph shows scaffolding erected along the south side of the building and a lifting crane in front.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Washington (State); Naves; Construction
Photograph of the exterior view of the partially constructed south wall of the nave of St. John's Cathedral, Spokane Washington. Some low scaffolding and a vintage automobile are also visible.