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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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  • Date.Original: 1935
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    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-04-09


    • $1,160,307 low bid for building 2 more units at Bonneville dam.

    • 1935

    • $1,160,307 low bid for building 2 more units at Bonneville dam. - General Construction Company and J. F. Shea Company of Portland, with a joint proposal of $1,160,307.90 were low bidders for construction of the powerhouse super-structure and...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-04-09
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-04-26


    • U. S. bids asked for generators - Contracts to be let for Bonneville equipment

    • 1935

    • U. S. bids asked for generators - Contracts to be let for Bonneville equipment - The United States government is in the market for two 43,200 kilowatt alternating current generators, with spare parts and auxiliaries, for installation at the...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-04-26
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-07-29


    • Power plant award will be made later.

    • 1935

    • Power plant award will be made later. - Contract for the construction of the Bonneville dam powerhouse super-structure in Bradford slough will be held up until November and awarded about the time Columbia Construction Company finishes its first...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-07-29
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1937-01-31


    • Westinghouse low on Bonneville control

    • 1935

    • Westinghouse low on Bonneville control - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, appeared to be low bidder for control equipment for a swing bridge over the navigation lock on Bonneville dam, when bids were submitted to the...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1937-01-31
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-02-16


    • Titan of dredges braves Columbia. - Huge Monighan moved over to Oregon shore.

    • 1935

    • Titan of dredges braves Columbia. - Huge Monighan moved over to Oregon shore. - The Columbia Construction company's monster Monighan dragline was moved safely to the Oregon shore today by a crew under supervision of Edgar Keiser Jr., general...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-02-16
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-03-13


    • General pleased with work at dam.

    • 1935

    • General pleased with work at dam. - Complete satisfaction with the progress being made on the $32,000,000 Bonneville power and navigation dam on the Columbia river was expressed today by Brigadier General George B. Pillsbury, assistant to the chief...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-03-13
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-03-19


    • Where highest gates will rise.

    • 1935

    • Where highest gates will rise. - Huge steel frames are being set in position for the sealocks at the dam here. These will support the highest sealock gates in the world, concrete and steel slabs 102 feet high. In the background is the round...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-03-19
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-11


    • Concrete feet for big spillway dam

    • 1935

    • Concrete feet for big spillway dam. - Foundation blocks for the south half of the main spillway dam resembles fenced-in gardens. These blocks, which rest on bedrock, vary from 40 to 60 feet below sea level, due to bedrock sloping to the south....
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-11
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-16


    • Inside Bonneville locks.

    • 1935

    • Inside Bonneville locks. - We are looking downstream inside the sealocks where ocean steamers will float through the Cascade range when the great Bonneville project is finished. Ships will tie up at the smooth concrete wall at left while waiting to...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-16
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-23


    • Ocean-going vessels will pass through here.

    • 1935

    • Ocean-going vessels will pass through here. - This view shows how construction is progressing on the $3,000,000 navigation locks at the $34,000,000 Bonneville dam on the Columbia river near Portland, Ore. Sea-going freighters will pass through here...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-23
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-29


    • Men must scatter their labors over field of many patterns.

    • 1935

    • Men must scatter their labors over field of many patterns. - Basic and developed construction . - Left--Face of Boulder dam on Colorado river. Upper right--Work on Bonneville dam on Columbia river. Lower left--The labor of men begins with the soil.
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-04-29
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-05-20


    • Flow falls off in dam sector. - Engineers dump ballast at upstream anchor wall.

    • 1935

    • Flow falls off in dam sector. - Engineers dump ballast at upstream anchor wall. - Anxiety at the dam was somewhat relaxed today as cool weather in the interior brought a sudden drop in the flow of the Columbia.
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-05-20
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-06-03


    • Big bucket dips into lock canal. - Excavation under way on dam approach channel.

    • 1935

    • Big bucket dips into lock canal. - Excavation under way on dam approach channel. - Excavation of Bonneville dam's lower lock approach channel and the fishways was begun Saturday by Columbia Construction Company with the moving from Bradford Island...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-06-03
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-06-10


    • Break holds up Bonneville dam.

    • 1935

    • Break holds up Bonneville dam. - A break in the Northwestern Electric's 23,000-volt submarine cable across the Columbia river resulted in an abrupt closing down of the work on the $32,000,000 Bonneville dam yesterday. The electric contractors...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-06-10
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-07-05


    • Bonneville power project rises like magic.

    • 1935

    • Bonneville power project rises like magic. - About 60,000 horse power will be generated by the power equipment of the Bonneville power and navigation project. The substructure of the plant to house the huge turbines is shown here in the process of...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-07-05
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-07-07


    • $2,000,000 total to be expended. - Proposals for Bonneville jobs to be asked.

    • 1935

    • $2,000,000 total to be expended. - Proposals for Bonneville jobs to be asked. - During the ten days ending July 19, the United States will open bids for Columbia river, Willamette river and Bonneville projects costing in the neighborhood of...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-07-07
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-07-07


    • Massive works greet dam visitor.

    • 1935

    • Massive works greet dam visitor. - Top--Heavy steel and concrete intake of the Bonneville dam power house. The high water mark of the Columbia is shown by the dark line three feet above the present water level on the piers. Below--Over this road,...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1935-07-07

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