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Coulee Dam, Wash. Principal engineering structure of the Bureau of Reclamation irrigation and power project in the Columbia River Basin here is the Grand Coulee Dam. Measuring 4173 feet long, and 500 feet wide at the base, the spillway is half as wide and twice as high as Niagara. The structure contains ten and a half million cubic yards of concrete. Now being installed in the dam's pumping station are two 65,000 horsepower motors, designed by GE. The motors will drive the worlds largest pumps, each of which will be capable of pumping 50 tons of water per second
General Electric Company1951-05-17
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
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- Title: Coulee Dam, Wash. Principal engineering structure of the Bureau of Reclamation irrigation and power project in the Columbia River Basin here is the Grand Coulee Dam. Measuring 4173 feet long, and 500 feet wide at the base, the spillway is half as wide and twice as high as Niagara. The structure contains ten and a half million cubic yards of concrete. Now being installed in the dam's pumping station are two 65,000 horsepower motors, designed by GE. The motors will drive the worlds largest pumps, each of which will be capable of pumping 50 tons of water per second
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Date Created: 1951-05-17
- Location: Grand Coulee - Grant County - Washington
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Dam construction; Hydroelectric power; Families; General Electric Company; United States. Bureau of Reclamation;
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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