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Lowering Turbine (Installation of turbines and generators) Item Info

Title:
Lowering Turbine (Installation of turbines and generators)
Creator:
Pomeroy, F.B.
Date Created:
1942-10-15
Description:
Col. Basin Proj., Grand Coulee Dam.--Lowering the turbine runner for the No. 1 Shasta Dam generator, of 75,000 kw. Capacity, moved to Grand Coulee Dam with another machine of like size to expedite delivery of new power to Pacific Coast war industries. The wheel is seen as it is entering the well at el. 979. The weight of the runner with its 41 1/2' shaft is about 85 tons.
Subjects:
power plants in Washington state (Grand Coulee Dam) installation of turbines and generators
Location:
Washington (State) Grant County Grand Coulee Dam
Latitude:
47.955708
Longitude:
-118.987775
Publisher:
University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/
Source:
Army Corps of Engineers Dam Construction photographs, 1933-1965, PG 94, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv165618
Source Identifier:
94-3-10737
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Lowering Turbine (Installation of turbines and generators)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp1021.html
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