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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd section West Canal, Specs. 2541. 54-B shovel is loading 10 yard Euclid trucks with rock from the G.N.R.R. crossing plug at the station 1043/20. Water in the canal came from snow melt and subsurface infiltration. A small patch of snow appears above the truck at the right. The subsurface flow had to be pumped out of the canal. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule 2 of above specifications. H.E. Foss, photographer.
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Title:
2nd Section West Canal (Canal lining and construction)
Creator:
Foss, H.E.
Date Created:
1950-05-21
Description:
Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, 2nd section West Canal, Specs. 2541. 54-B shovel is loading 10 yard Euclid trucks with rock from the G.N.R.R. crossing plug at the station 1043/20. Water in the canal came from snow melt and subsurface infiltration. A small patch of snow appears above the truck at the right. The subsurface flow had to be pumped out of the canal. Work is being performed by Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. under Schedule 2 of above specifications. H.E. Foss, photographer.
Subjects:
Columbia Basin Reclamation Project canal lining and construction
Location:
Washington (State)
Latitude:
47.206033
Longitude:
-119.89233
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:
94-4-3578
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"2nd Section West Canal (Canal lining and construction)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp1244.html
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