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Installation of turbines and generators--installation of scroll case

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Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, to view all visit http://contentdm.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fcrbproj
 
Title Installation of turbines and generators--installation of scroll case
 
Date 1942-07-11
 
Description The 190-ton scroll case for 103,000 horsepower Allis-Chalmers hydro turbine unit being installed in the west powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam. This unit consists of several radial and on straight section of welded plate steel riveted with double butt straps. One half of combined unit is lifted by an overhead crane and moved into position. Before being poured in concrete, the scroll case is given hydraulic test of 310 pounds to the square inch. This scroll case, designed for use at Shasta Dam...
 
Subject Power plants--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam--1940-1950;
 
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County
Grand Coulee Dam
 
Source PG 94, Box 1, Installation of Turbines and Generators, 3 10383
 
Identifier 94-3-10383
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Publisher University of Idaho Digital Initiatives
Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library: http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
 
Language eng
 
Type Still Image
 
Format image/jpg
 
Rights Public Domain
 
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