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Kettle River Railroad Bridge
Washington State University Libraries
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Kettle River Railroad Bridge
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| Description |
By June of 1942 the rising waters of the reservoir had backed the Kettle River up to a sufficient depth to permit removal of the Kettle River railroad bridge by barges and tugs. Here the power tug Paul Bunyan is maneuvering a barge under the last span.
Bridges such as these were salvaged for their lumber and steel as supplies of both had become tight due to World War II. The U.S.B.R. would drive barges under the bridges, fill them with water to fit under the span, then gradually pump the water out till the barge supported the weight of the bridge in question. (203) |
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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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Kettle River (Wash.) Bridges--Foundations and piers--Design and construction; Climatic changes--Washington (State)--Columbia River Valley; Lake Roosevelt--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Flood dams and reservoirs; Barges--Washington (State)--Columbia River
Grand Coulee--Washington (State); Flood--Columbia River; Columbia River Reservoir; Railroad bridge |
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Photograph
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United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
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709b1v2p202.jpg
http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,1036 |
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| Date |
6/1/1942
2008 |
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| Publisher |
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. 2, Page 202)-Cage 709: Clifford R. Koester Papers, 1927-1972: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg709.htm
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| Rights |
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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