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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications 1286, Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking east along the west canal showing Dry Coulee Siphon No. 2 in the foreground, the section of 12-foot bottom lined canal, Dry Coulee Siphon No. 1 and another portion of the lined canal in the background. A portion of the warped open outlet transition is shown in the immediate foreground is a 40-degree curve. Also shown in the foreground is the reinforcing steel for the uncompleted portion of the siphon barrel and the siphon form in place over a completed standard 25-foot section of the siphon barrel. The forms for the closed inlet transition are under construction. The contractor's shops and offices are on the right of the canal section. H.E. Foss, photographer.
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Title:
Dry Coulee Siphon (Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels)
Creator:
Foss, H.E.
Date Created:
1949-05-25
Description:
Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, West Canal, Specifications 1286, Utah Construction Co. and Winston Bros. Co., Contractor. Looking east along the west canal showing Dry Coulee Siphon No. 2 in the foreground, the section of 12-foot bottom lined canal, Dry Coulee Siphon No. 1 and another portion of the lined canal in the background. A portion of the warped open outlet transition is shown in the immediate foreground is a 40-degree curve. Also shown in the foreground is the reinforcing steel for the uncompleted portion of the siphon barrel and the siphon form in place over a completed standard 25-foot section of the siphon barrel. The forms for the closed inlet transition are under construction. The contractor's shops and offices are on the right of the canal section. H.E. Foss, photographer.
Subjects:
canals (Washington state) construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels
Location:
Washington (State) Grant County Grand Coulee Dam
Latitude:
47.422302
Longitude:
-119.496896
Publisher:
University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/
Source:
Army Corps of Engineers Dam Construction photographs, 1933-1965, PG 94, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv165618
Source Identifier:
94-4-2727
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Dry Coulee Siphon (Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp1050.html
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