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Specifications No. 2475, March, 23, 1949. This is picture No. 4 of a series of thirteen showing movements of the floating caisson on its initial trial run from the drydock to the spillway bucket. The caisson is at station A29+98.38/B5+97.92 at 12:20 p.m. In the background is the drydock with miter gates open and fender barges in position. This work is being performed by the Pacific Bridge Company, contractors, as part of their contract to repair the spillway bucket of Grand Coulee Dam.
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Title:
Initial Run Of The Floating Caisson (Riverbanks and slope protection)
Creator:
Roderick, J.D.
Date Created:
1949-03-23
Description:
Specifications No. 2475, March, 23, 1949. This is picture No. 4 of a series of thirteen showing movements of the floating caisson on its initial trial run from the drydock to the spillway bucket. The caisson is at station A29+98.38/B5+97.92 at 12:20 p.m. In the background is the drydock with miter gates open and fender barges in position. This work is being performed by the Pacific Bridge Company, contractors, as part of their contract to repair the spillway bucket of Grand Coulee Dam.
Subjects:
dam construction riverbanks and slope protection
Location:
Washington (State) Grant County
Latitude:
47.942306
Longitude:
-118.988028
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:
94-2-6144
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Initial Run Of The Floating Caisson (Riverbanks and slope protection)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp947.html
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