Panorama of general works area taken from top of forebay slope on the east side; 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. Full caption reads: Panorama of general works area taken from top of forebay slope on the east side. From left to right at top of picture can be seen the silos in the cement storage and blending plant: the 60-inch main line conveyor running to the spoil pile in Rattlesnake Canyon; the 3,000 ft. steel cellular west side cofferdam behind whic

Panorama of general works area taken from top of forebay slope on the east side; 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. Full caption reads: Panorama of general works area taken from top of forebay slope on the east side. From left to right at top of picture can be seen the silos in the cement storage and blending plant: the 60-inch main line conveyor running to the spoil pile in Rattlesnake Canyon; the 3,000 ft. steel cellular west side cofferdam behind which is the exposed bedrock; concreting plant; bents for the high and low concrete placing trestles; the sand and gravel conveyor suspension bridge; Coulee Dam, the Government townsite; the highway bridge, and farther down the river the combination highway and railroad bridge built by the contractor. In the near foreground is the general east side excavation area with conveyors running to the cross-river conveyor, connecting with the main line on the west side; the east side cofferdam; the machine shop area of the contractor; the sand and gravel unloading arrangement, and Mason City, the contractor's camp. General notes: This image is part of a panoramic view which includes items 807, 808, and 809. The original image is approximately 28 inches in width.

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