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.
Grand Coulee (Wash. : Coulee);Central business districts -- United States -- History.
Unidentified man holding copy of the March 4, 1937 issue of the Grand Coulee Times advertising the grand opening of Schafer’s Store in the construction town of Grand Coulee
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.