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    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1933-10-05


    • Call for Bonneville bids

    • 1933

    • Call for Bonneville bids - Open them October 9 for federal dam in Columbia. - Colonel T. M. Robins of the Army Engineers' Office here, announced today bids would be opened at San Francisco October 9 for construction of a dam across the Columbia...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1933-10-05
    • 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. 1936-01-07


    • "Ol' man river foiled again.. Cons

    • 1936

    • "Ol' man river foiled again" - Here is seen a portion of the new cofferdam that is being constructed at the Bonneville dam, in which when completed, the north section of the main spillway dam will be constructed. The section seen here has been...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-01-07
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-04-24


    • Bonneville wheels pass tests.

    • 1936

    • Bonneville wheels pass tests. - These spillway gate wheels, two of 500 to be used at Bonneville, are built to withstand eight times the pressure on the largest locomotive wheel. They are shown here being subjected to a load of 600,000 pounds in...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-04-24
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-05-27


    • Boat hits power line and dam work halted.

    • 1936

    • Boat hits power line and dam work halted. - Operations at the dam here stopped for 12 hours last night, and government departments were without light, power or water when a large pile driver being towed down river for dismantling fouled an...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-05-27
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-07-26


    • Where Bonneville power will come from.

    • 1936

    • Where Bonneville power will come from. - Here's the future "stable" for the "horses" which have galloped unfettered down Columbia gorge for generations. This is an interior view of the power house taken while roof trusses were being placed. The...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-07-26
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-09-24


    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment.

    • 1936

    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment. - Clearing of willows on the local waterfront was started last week by J. A. Terteling, Boise, Idaho, contractor, preparatory to starting work on the $142,000 revetment being erected here by the government to...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-09-24
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-12-20


    • Closing of Bonneville dam locks delay boat service to Lewiston.

    • 1936

    • Closing of Bonneville dam locks delay boat service to Lewiston. - Plans of the Inland Navigation Company to make experimental runs from Portland to Lewiston next fall with its new river boat now being completed at Seattle received an unexpected...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-12-20
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1937-04-21


    • Machines arrive for Bonneville.

    • 1933

    • Machines arrive for Bonneville. - Machinery and equipment for the powerhouse here is arriving almost daily. Largest of the pieces being assembled is a main bearing bracket which supports the entire turbine shaft, propellor (propeller) and the...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1937-04-21
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1937-09-23


    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment.

    • 1937

    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment. - Clearing of willows on the local waterfront was started last week by J. A. Terteling, Boise, Idaho, contractor, preparatory to starting of work on the $142,000 revetment being erected here by the government to...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1937-09-23
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1936-01-14


    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open.

    • 1936

    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open. - Senator McNary of Oregon informed the Port of The Dalles last week that after conferring with army engineers regarding the closing of Bonneville dam to river traffic, the district engineer concluded...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1936-01-14
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-01-15


    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open.

    • 1937

    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open. - Senator McNary of Oregon informed the Port of The Dalles last week that after conferring with Army engineers regarding closing of Bonneville dam to river traffic, the district engineer concluded "there...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-01-15
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-03-09


    • Mineral survey is started here. - Resources being listed in connection with power project at Bonneville.

    • 1937

    • Mineral survey is started here. - Resources being listed in connection with power project at Bonneville. - A survey of mineral resources being made in Washington, Oregon and the panhandle of Idaho in connection with the Bonneville power project...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-03-09
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Fish. 1937-03-21


    • Salmon dealers pin hope on government lifts and ladders leading to new spawning grounds at Bonneville dam.

    • 1937

    • Salmon dealers pin hope on government lifts and ladders leading to new spawning grounds at Bonneville dam. - All the combined skills and ingenuity of the United States government engineers who built the $40,000,000 dam and power project across the...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Fish. 1937-03-21
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. General. 1933-11-17


    • Say Washington denied work at Bonneville dam

    • 1933

    • Say Washington denied work at Bonneville dam. - Representative Smith (Dem., Wash.) today filed a protest with Walter Burr, director of reemployment for the Department of Labor, saying it was reported residents of Washington state are being denied...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. General. 1933-11-17
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. General. 1934-07-15


    • New dam town bustles. - North Bonneville alive with activity.

    • 1934

    • New dam town bustles. - North Bonneville alive with activity. - Old rail station nearly buried by fill being made for track relocation. - The increasing business brought about by the activities in connection with building the Bonneville dam has...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. General. 1934-07-15
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-08-21


    • Heavy tonnage awaits new port.

    • 1936

    • Heavy tonnage awaits new port. - Evidence of the immense tonnage that will be handled through the new port of The Dalles upon completion of Bonneville dam and the deepening of the river channel from Vancouver to Bonneville, is cited by the local...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-08-21
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1937-09-16


    • The Dalles sees dike work start.

    • 1937

    • The Dalles sees dike work start. - Preliminary clearing begins on $142,000 revetment. - Preliminary clearing of willows on the local waterfront was started this week by J. A. Terteling, Boise, Idaho, contractor, preparatory to start of work on the...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1937-09-16

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