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Spillway Section From Left Bank [02] (Spillway and drum gate construction) Item Info
- Title:
- Spillway Section From Left Bank [02] (Spillway and drum gate construction)
- Creator:
- Fuller, H.W.
- Date Created:
- 1944-08-16
- Description:
- General view of the spillway section of Grand Coulee Dam, taken from the west bank for the Columbia River. On this date, approximately 80,000 cubic feet of water per second was plunged nearly 350 feet vertically down the face of the dam, creating a waterfall more than twice the height of Niagara. An additional 25,000 cubic feet of water per second is passing through the hydro-turbine installed in the west powerhouse.
- Subjects:
- dam construction spillway and drum gate construction
- Location:
- Washington (State) Grant County Grand Coulee Dam
- Latitude:
- 47.957305
- Longitude:
- -118.986161
- 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:
- 94-2-4138
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Spillway Section From Left Bank [02] (Spillway and drum gate construction)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp1161.html
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