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    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Martin, Clarence D., on the first Official Train to Grand Coulee

    • Martin, Clarence D., on the first Official Train to Grand Coulee

    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Four Cubic-yard Buckets

    • Four Cubic-yard Buckets

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

    • Photo of new equipment being assembled at the contractor’s yard at Coulee City. Flat cars with brand new dump buckets for moving concrete.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • 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
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Mason City

    • Mason City

    • Mason City (Wash.) [town]

    • The temporary town built to house some of the contractor’s employees working on Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Downtown Grand Coulee

    • Downtown Grand Coulee

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

    • Probably taken about 1936, the business district has service stations and stores. The temporary contractor’s railroad crosses the street near the center of the photograph.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • 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.
    • Hubert Blonk
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