East side excavation operations looking south into a deep rock crevice. The lowest dragline is located near the dam axis at approximately elevation 800, with the rock face on the right about 100 feet high. The shovel and dragline on the left are excavating on the east abutment and power house site. Sliding ground is in evidence on forebay slopes back of the crevice and the conveyor to be used for filling cofferdams appears in the background.; Scope and content: Photograph from Volume Two of a series of photo albums documenting the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam and related work on the C
East side excavation operations looking south into a deep rock crevice. The lowest dragline is located near the dam axis at approximately elevation 800, with the rock face on the right about 100 feet high. The shovel and dragline on the left are excavating on the east abutment and power house site. Sliding ground is in evidence on forebay slopes back of the crevice and the conveyor to be used for filling cofferdams appears in the background.; Scope and content: Photograph from Volume Two of a series of photo albums documenting the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam and related work on the Columbia Basin Project.
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