Map of irrigable areas and canal system, pumping plan (1923)
Title
Map of irrigable areas and canal system, pumping plan (1923)
Subject
Irrigation -- Washington (State) -- Columbia River Valley -- Maps <br>Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)
Description
1 map ; negative : 32 x 27 cm.<br>This was a preliminary map showing one particular plan for the irrigation of the Columbia Basin. As noted in the title, this map represented the pumping plan, whereby a dam would be constructed at Grand Coulee and water pumped up from there into the coulees located to the south, creating a large reservoir. The basic form of this plan was the plan finally adopted by the government in 1933.
Creator
Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project
Source
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Publisher
Spokane, Wash. : Dept. of the Interior, U.S Bureau of Reclamation
Date
1923
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 511<br>Osmer L. Waller Collection; Cage 222, Box 5
Coverage
United States -- Washington (State)
Collection
Citation
Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project, “Map of irrigable areas and canal system, pumping plan (1923),” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 29, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/1998.