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    • Before the Dam

    • Before the Dam

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

    • Dam site before the start of construction of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • 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.
    • Chemakane Mission

    • Chemakane Mission

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Tshimakain Mission (Wash.); Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877; Eels, Cushing, 1810-1893

    • Chemakane Mission named for a nearby spring, was "occupied by Messrs. Walker and Eel; but, in 1849, in consequence of the Cayuse difficulties, it was abandoned." "The site of the mission is five miles from the Spokane River, in an...
    • Closing Out Sale, Marcus

    • Closing Out Sale, Marcus

    • Marcus (Wash.) Photographs; Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.)

    • Wurzburg’s Store closing sale prior to moving. The town site of Marcus was flooded by Lake Roosevelt.
    • Coffer Dam Construction

    • Coffer Dam Construction

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

    • Building the coffer dam at the site of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Coffer Dam Construction

    • Coffer Dam Construction

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

    • Work on the coffer dam at the site of Grand Coulee Dam. One crane is on a barge in the river, another is on land.
    • Dam Site and Towns

    • Dam Site and Towns

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

    • Over view of the work area looking southwest.
    • Demolishing a House

    • Demolishing a House

    • Wrecking; Kettle Falls site (Wash. : State); Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.)

    • Demolition work at the old town of Kettle Falls. Homes were either moved, or demolished prior to inundation following the completion of Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Demolishing a House

    • Demolishing a House

    • Wrecking; Kettle Falls site (Wash. : State); Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.)

    • Demolition of a home at the old town of Kettle Falls. The town was moved to a higher location to make way for Lake Roosevelt.
    • Down to Bedrock

    • Down to Bedrock

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

    • Crews working to prepare the southern end of the dam site by removing soil and loose rock.
    • Drillers

    • Drillers

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

    • Working with air drills to remove fractured rock from the dam site before pouring the foundation for Grand Coulee Dam.
    • General View Looking Southwest

    • General View Looking Southwest

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

    • Grand Coulee Dam construction at night. A time exposure utilizing the job site lighting.
    • Going on Shift

    • Going on Shift

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

    • Workers with lunches heading to the job site. Trestle and cranes for initial foundation work on Grand Coulee Dam in background.
    • Grand Coulee Dam

    • Grand Coulee Dam

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

    • Construction site at Grand Coulee Dam.
    • Grand Coulee Dam at Night

    • Grand Coulee Dam at Night

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

    • Time exposure showing the job site from downstream.
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