Map of irrigable areas and canal system, pumping plan (1923)

Files

http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/maps/image/391.jpg

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)

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.