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    • Bulldozer

    • Bulldozer

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

    • Tractor specially equipped to clean trucks used for overburden removal at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Conveyer Tower

    • Conveyer Tower

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

    • A conveyer belt was carried on a suspension bridge over the Columbia River at a height approximately 35 feet higher than the finished dam.
    • Penstock Sections

    • Penstock Sections

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

    • Sections of steel penstock staged at the contractor’s storage yard in Grand Coulee
    • Grand Coulee Dam

    • Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • Water flowing over spillway of dam.
    • Construction Towns

    • Construction Towns

    • Mason City (Wash.) [town]

    • The “Government Town” in the foreground, and the “Contractor’s Town” across the river, in the background. Mason City, the contractor’s town, was named for Silas B. Mason.
    • Kettle Falls

    • Kettle Falls

    • Kettle Falls (Wash.) -- History.

    • Kettle Falls, before the construction of Grand Coulee Dam raised the river level and flooded it.
    • 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.
    • Reservoir Side of Grand Coulee Dam

    • Reservoir Side of Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • View from the upstream side of the dam under construction before the reservoir started to fill.
    • Trash Racks

    • Trash Racks

    • 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.
    • Temporary Gate for Grand Coulee Dam

    • Temporary Gate for Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • A temporary floodgate used to close off a slot in the dam is being barged into position.
    • Grand Coulee Dam

    • Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • The foundation level of concrete had been poured.
    • Grand Coulee Dam

    • Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • An idea of the size of the structure is provided by comparing the workman and the completed portion of the dam behind him.
    • 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.
    • Pumping Station Excavation

    • Pumping Station Excavation

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

    • Excavation for pumping station to pump water from Lake Roosevelt into the Grand Coulee.
    • Pumping Station Excavation

    • Pumping Station Excavation

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

    • Preparation for constructing the pumping station to bring water from Lake Roosevelt into the Grand Coulee itself. Boring the tunnels for the pumping plant.
    • Grand Coulee Dam Communities

    • Grand Coulee Dam Communities

    • Mason City (Wash.) [town];Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State)

    • Photo of the dam site and communities built to facilitate construction of the dam.
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