Columbia River Dam - Grand Coulee generating, pumping & switch stations preliminary estimate drawing (1924)
Files
Title
Columbia River Dam - Grand Coulee generating, pumping & switch stations preliminary estimate drawing (1924)
Subject
Irrigation -- Washington (State) -- Columbia River Valley -- Maps<br>Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)<br>Grand Coulee Dam -- Plans
Description
1 map : 26 x 43 cm.<br>Scale: 1 in. = 400 ft.<br>Inset: Section thru dam <br>This is a very preliminary design map showing how a dam could be placed at Grand Coulee. Initial excavation for a dam there didn't begin until 1933, by which point several designs had been (and still would be even after digging had started) considered.
Creator
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project
Source
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Publisher
Denver, Colorado : Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Date
1924
Contributor
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Rights
Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Relation
Is part of Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5<br>http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg222.htm
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Maps
Identifier
wsu 507<br>Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5
Coverage
United States--Washington (State) -- Grand Coulee
Collection
Citation
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project, “Columbia River Dam - Grand Coulee generating, pumping & switch stations preliminary estimate drawing (1924),” Digital Exhibits, accessed May 19, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/1995.