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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-09-26


    • World's greatest dam at Grand Coulee is nearly one-third completed

    • 1937

    • World's greatest dam at Grand Coulee is nearly one-third completed. - Already more massive than the completed Boulder dam and now the biggest man-made structure on earth, the first stage in the construction of the Grand Coulee dam is nearing...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-09-26
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1937-12-08


    • Photographer and artist give a preview of Grand Coulee dam--Biggest thing on earth--When completed

    • 1937

    • Photographer and artist give a preview of Grand Coulee dam--Biggest thing on earth--When completed. - This is a preview of the biggest thing on earth. In the Columbia river the base for Grand Coulee dam is about to be completed. Bids for the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1937-12-08
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-12-08


    • Photographer and artist give a preview of Grand Coulee dam--Biggest thing on earth--When completed

    • 1937

    • Photographer and artist give a preview of Grand Coulee dam--Biggest thing on earth--When completed. - This is a preview of the biggest thing on earth. In the Columbia river the base for Grand Coulee dam is about to be completed. Bids for the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-12-08
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Statistics. 1936-01-16


    • Grand Coulee is half completed

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee is half completed. - Good news that Grand Coulee is 49 per cent completed in 27 per cent of the contract time came today from Frank A. Banks, federal reclamation bureau chief engineer.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Statistics. 1936-01-16
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Geology. 1936-03-06


    • Sinking of test holes completed. - Decision on dam will be made by geologists in fortnight.

    • 1936

    • Sinking of test holes completed. - Decision on dam will be made by geologists in fortnight. - All five of the test holes at the site of the proposed flood control dam had been completed by today noon and there was a possibility some more work in...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Geology. 1936-03-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Materials. 1934-12-01


    • Washing of gravel for piers completed

    • 1934

    • Washing of gravel for piers completed. - Washing of the gravel and sand needed for the two piers of the state highway cantilever bridge which will cross the Columbia river about a quarter-mile below the dam site, was completed by the Western...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Materials. 1934-12-01
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Pouring concrete. 1937-05-06


    • Foundation construction for Grand Coulee dam is three-fourths completed.

    • 1937

    • Foundation construction for Grand Coulee dam is three-fourths completed. - Pouring of concrete to pass halfway mark in May. - Grand Coulee dam's foundation is three-fourths completed, F. A. Banks, bureau of reclamation construction engineer, said...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Pouring concrete. 1937-05-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1937-05-16.


    • How the Grand Coulee dam looks today
      Blasting in the wake of jackhammer drilling
      Completed foundation section of the river barrier
      Rocks are trucked away from their age-old home
      Blocks of concrete and steel rising to form a 150-mile...

    • 1937

    • How the Grand Coulee dam looks today
      Blasting in the wake of jackhammer drilling. - Left--Several times daily dynamite is set off in holes drilled into the former river bed. This blast scene is in area B.
      Completed foundation section of the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1937-05-16.
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1919-11-25


    • Timber survey will soon be completed - Wayerhaeuser engineers in lower timber belt near Orofino, Idaho.

    • 1919

    • Timber survey will soon be completed - Wayerhaeuser engineers in lower timber belt near Orofino, Idaho. - Advices from the upper Clearwater country are to the effect that the engineering party of the Wayerhaeuser company, engaged since early last...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1919-11-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1936-11-30


    • Polaris shaft is completed

    • 1936

    • Polaris shaft is completed - His contract with the Polaris Mining and Development company in the silver belt of the Coeur d'Alenes was completed today by Joseph V. Grismer. He has sunk the three-compartment shaft to a depth of 1907 feet from the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1936-11-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Buildings. 1917-12-25


    • Bluebird raises steam - Loon Lake plant has been in operation 10 days - surface work completed- shaft is being retimbered- sinking soon to be resumed

    • 1917

    • Bluebird raises steam - Loon Lake plant has been in operation 10 days - surface work completed- shaft is being retimbered- sinking soon to be resumed - "The Loon Lake Bluebird company has completed the shaft within 30 days," said Harry H....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Buildings. 1917-12-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1926-03-16


    • Delaware mines plans completed

    • 1926

    • Delaware mines plans completed.
      Company to take over Red Monarch and Rex Properties, report. The organization of the Delaware Mines corporation was completed at a meeting held Saturday in Wallace attended by Frank C. Bailey and others of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1926-03-16
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-06-09


    • Highway completed through lower Coulee makes wonderland accessible now

    • 1934

    • Highway completed through lower Coulee makes wonderland accessible now / by Frank McCann
      The highway is now completed through Soap Lake, through the lower coulee, which makes a beautiful drive. The opening up of this road makes the entire Grand...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-06-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1935-06-12


    • Artist proves that nation's capitol would take quite a drenching if it were place under lip of Grand Coulee high dam when it is completed

    • 1935

    • Artist proves that nation's capitol would take quite a drenching if it were place under lip of Grand Coulee high dam when it is completed / by George Brinkerhoff.
      America's spacious capitol building in Washington, D. C., is rather significant in...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1935-06-12
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1938-04-07


    • Bureau of reclamation artist paints in completed Coulee dam for comparison with present status of construction

    • 1937

    • Bureau of reclamation artist paints in completed Coulee dam for comparison with present status of construction. - Grand Coulee dam in the present and future are shown in sharp contrast in these photographs, taken from approximately the same point...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1938-04-07

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