Dams

West Canal, Columbia Basin Project. This picture shows a drilling crew preparing blasting holes in the tough basalt rock in preparation for the Grand Coulee Dam.

Photograph from circular drydock at Grand Coulee Dam in Washington shows floating caisson being built for spillway repair work. Note that caisson is designed to fit curvature of bucket.

Assembling scroll case for generating unit L-7, the first postwar unit to be installed in the West Powerhouse of the Grand Coulee Dam. This scroll case carries water to a giant turbine.

View of temporary addition at Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Dwellings house government workers and came from war-built housing project at Vancouver, Washington. This is the north end of Coulee Dam, Washington. The river in the background is the Columbia River. This addition is called the Airport Addition.

His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq on the walkway in front of the power stations at Hoover Dam. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

Sheik Ahmed and his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq are shown the Hoover Dam in Nevada, the highest dam in the United States. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

During their visit to the Grand Coulee Dam, the Trumans stop on a bridge. This is from a series of photographs of President Truman's western trip.

President Harry S. Truman, Washington Governor Mon Wallgren, and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation Frank A. Banks bunched together on the right stand on a bridge overlooking the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Margaret Truman signs autographs near Charles Ross, and First Lady Bess Truman is at left. The visit to Grand Coulee was one of Truman's West Coast Presidential Campaign stops.

Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on a bridge in front of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. Margaret is second from left talking to Charles Ross; Bess is fourth from left; President Truman (back to camera) is at the right.

Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman on a mountain observation platform with others at Dry Falls Overlook near Grand Coulee Dam. Margaret has back turned.