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Small version of the concrete buckets used during the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The ones used on Grand Coulee Dam were larger, with a four cubic-yard capacity.
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The 560th Air Force Band performing at the ceremony dedicating the third power house at Grand Coulee Dam.
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Aerial view of the Brett gravel pit. This was a source of aggregate for concrete used in the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. View is looking generally south.
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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.