Riverbanks and slope protection--submerging the floating caisson
Title
Riverbanks and slope protection--submerging the floating caisson
Creator
Fuller , H.W .
Date
1949-03-24
Description
Specifications No . 2475 , March 24 , 1949 . This photograph was taken as the floating caisson was being submerged in the spillway bucket during its initial trial operation . The caisson barge with operating equipment is shown floating between the caisson towers . In the foreground is the caisson "A" frame anchored to the spillway face , and in the background are the divers ' barge , the work barge , and the personnel skiff . This work is being performed by Pacific Bridge Company , as part of their contract for repair of the spillway of Grand Coulee Dam .
Subject (LCSH)
Dam construction--Washington (State)--1940-1950
Location Depicted
United States--Washington--Grant County
Region
Grand Coulee Dam
Source
PG 94 , Box 1 , Folder Riverbank and Slope Protection and Floating Caisson for Repairing Spillway Bucket , 2 6157
Identifier
94-2-6157
Publisher
University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives , http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/
Digital Collection
Columbia River Basin Project Collection
Holding Institution
University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Collection Website
http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/
Language
eng
Date Digital
2010-07
Type
Image;StillImage
Format
image/jpg
Rights
Material produced by the United States Army Corp of Engineers. In Public Domain. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
Rights (Standardized)
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Digitization Specifications
200 dpi grayscale jpg displayed. Scanned with Epson Expression 1640XL scanner using VueScan 8.6.35 scanning software. Master file is a 400 dpi Tiff.
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