1950 Grand Coulee Dam and Dry Falls of Washington JOSEPH MCMACKEN

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1950 Grand Coulee Dam and Dry Falls of Washington JOSEPH MCMACKEN
Here is your chance to own this 34-page softcover booklet entitled
The Grand Coulee of Washington and Dry Falls in Picture and Story Also Grand Coulee Dam and Columbia Basin Irrigation Project
by Joseph G. McMacken. Published in 1950 by Davenport Times- Tribune, Davenport, WA. The booklet tells the story of the building of the Grand Coulee Dam and the surrounding area in words and photographs.
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had only two powerhouses. The third powerhouse, completed in 1974 to increase energy production, makes Grand Coulee the largest power station (non-nuclear) in the United States.
The proposal to build the dam was the focus of a bitter debate during the 1920s between two groups. One group wanted to irrigate the ancient Grand Coulee with a gravity canal while the other pursued a high dam and pumping scheme. The dam supporters won in 1933, but for fiscal reasons the initial design was for a "low dam" 290 feet tall, which would generate electricity without supporting irrigation. After visiting the construction site in August 1934, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt endorsed the "high dam" design, which, at 550 feet high, would provide enough electricity to pump water into the Columbia basin for irrigation. Congress approved the high dam in 1935 and it was completed in 1942. The reservoir created by the dam is called Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake, named after the United States President who presided over the dam's authorization and completion.
Creation of the reservoir forced the relocation of over 3,000 people, including Native Americans whose ancestral lands were partially flooded. While the dam does not contain fish passage, neither does the next downstream dam, Chief Joseph Dam. This means no salmon reach the Grand Coulee Dam. The second large dam downstream, Rocky Reach Dam, has an intricate system of fish ladders to accommodate yearly salmon spawning and migration.
This booklet is in
very good condition
. Would make a great addition to any library pertaining to the history of irrigation in the United States and Grand Coulee Dam. Will also ship internationally, though will have determine the cost of shipping depending on where it is being shipped.
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