Hydroelectric power plant-Grand Coulee Project Office, Washington-An aerial view looking south at Grand Coulee Dam complex with town of Coulee Dam in foreground. West Coulee Dam partly visible at extreme right, Grand Coulee Dam and Third Powerplant...
A typical instance of control over giant explosive forces was the damming of the Saguenay River in Canada for a hydroelectric project. The torrential rush of the current balked successive attempts to complete a cofferdam, the conventional method....
Caption on photo: "Chute-a-Caron, Dam for the Alcoa Power Co., Saguenay River, Canada, 1930." Typed caption reads: "Current of stream too swift to permit construction of coffer dam. Dam was built vertically into air then supporting rods were blown...
Caption on photo: "Chute-a-Caron, Dam for the Alcoa Power Co., Saguenay River, Canada, 1930." Typed caption reads: "Current of stream too swift to permit construction of coffer dam. Dam was built vertically into air then supporting rods were blown...
Caption on photo: "Chute-a-Caron, Dam for the Alcoa Power Co., Saguenay River, Canada, 1930." Typed caption reads: "Current of stream too swift to permit construction of coffer dam. Dam was built vertically into air then supporting rods were blown...
A typical instance of control over giant explosive forces was the damming of the Saguenay River in Canada for a hydroelectric project. The torrential rush of the current balked successive attempts to complete a cofferdam, the conventional method....
The sleek face of Boulder Dam looks down the Colorado River while workmen put the final trims above it. PWA funds allotted to the Bureau of Reclamation enabled rushing the dam to completion.
Close to Washington Memorial Bridge is the First Dam which supplied water power for the mills below. Two races led from the dam on each side of the creek.
Close to Washington Memorial Bridge is the First Dam which supplied water power for the mills below. Two races led from the dam on each side of the creek.
