Concrete construction; Construction workers -- United States; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
Two workmen appear to be pressure washing the top of a pour of concrete.
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.
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,...
Concrete construction; Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
Portions of the foundation level of Grand Coulee Dam have been poured, others remain to be poured. In the foreground, cooling coils are visible. These were required to maintain the desired temperature for optimum curing of the concrete.
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Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) ;Watt, James G., -- 1938-;United States. -- Dept. of the Interior -- Officials and employees.;Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dedication services.
Dedication of third power house at Grand Coulee Dam. Honored guests included Secretary of Interior James G. Watt seated at center right, behind and to the left of the speaker at the rostrum.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State)
View looking west across the reservoir side of the dam. The spillway drum gates are not installed, and the roadway across the top of the dam has not been built yet.