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Grand Coulee Dam

Margaret Bourke-White1937

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Men working on framework of tunnels (18 foot in diameter) for steel penstocks to feed dammed water into 18 150,000 horsepower turbogenerators of world's most powerful hydroelectric plant, during construction of Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.

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  • Title: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Date: 1937
  • Location: WA, US
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Plants, Grand Coulee, Dams, Washington, Us, Building Construction, Electric Power, Vintage Print, Hydro, 1930s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_130502
  • Credits: FORTUNE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
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