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Museums 101: Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center (photo diary) [1]

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Date: 2022-12-05

In 1934, Congress authorized the construction of Grand Coulee Dam which would flood Spokan and Colville tribal lands in Washington.

For many unemployed workers, including many who were living in shanty towns known as Hoovervilles, the construction of Grand Coulee Dam meant an opportunity to work. An army of workers travelled to the site, many of them riding freight trains and then hitchhiking to get there. Many had only a bedroll and a change of clothes. Some came in broken down cars with all of their belongings stacked in the back.

In 1940, the dam was completed, and the reservoir began to fill. Today, Grand Coulee Dam is the largest hydropower producer in the United States. It is approximately 1 mile long, 550 feet high, and 500 feet thick.

The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center tells the story of the dam.

Divers made sure that sections from the temporary diversion dams fit snugly to the river bottom. The diving suit, made from three layers of canvass covered with two layers of rubber, weighed 40 pounds; the helmet weighed 80 pounds; the shoes weighed 25 pounds.

Survey equipment shown above.

In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt have a speech to a crowd of 20,000 people. Excavation had begun at this time, but the river had not yet been diverted

This map shows Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams.

Shown above is a corona ring which is used on high voltage power transmission insulators.

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