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Completion of High Trestle
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Completion of High Trestle
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Here steelworkers are closing the MWAK high trestle above one of the deep crevasses in the east side bedrock. The zig-zag trough system, with the long rubber and canvas tube or "elephant trunk" on the end, seen inside the left tower prevents the segregation of the components of the concrete in its descent from the dumping platform to the forms for the tower footings. Beneath the safety net in the middle of the picture can be seen two of the pump discharge lines used to unwater this east side...
Here steelworkers are closing the MWAK high trestle above one of the deep crevasses in the east side bedrock. The zig-zag trough system, with the long rubber and canvas tube or "elephant trunk" on the end, seen inside the left tower prevents the segregation of the components of the concrete in its descent from the dumping platform to the forms for the tower footings. Beneath the safety net in the middle of the picture can be seen two of the pump discharge lines used to unwater this east side... |
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Part of: Western Waters Digital Library: http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/; Photographer Unknown
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| Creator |
Clifford R. Koester
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Whirley crane--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestle construction--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Trestles--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam
Trestles |
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Photographs
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United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
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709b1v1p107.jpg
http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,667 |
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| Date |
4/1/1937
2008 |
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Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
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A History of the Columbia Basin Project (Vol. 1, Page 107)-Cage 709: Clifford R. Koester Papers, 1927-1972: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg709.htm
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To order a reproduction please see: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/policies.htm , or contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691.
For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691. |
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Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Plustek OpticBook 3600 Plus. Also, 24 bit 150 PPI JPEGs were created with the OpticBook 3600 Plus and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries
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English
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