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John Day Dam on the Columbia River, Washington, 1968
John Day Dam on the Columbia River, Washington, 1968
TitleJohn Day Dam on the Columbia River, Washington, 1968
PhotographerUnknown
Date1968
NotesOn verso of image: View of John Day Dam on the Columbia River looking upstream. The navigation lock at far left connects the Washington shore to the spillway section, and the 1, 975-foot-long powerhouse connects the spillway section to the Oregon shore. The project's two fish ladders may be seen next to the navigation lock and on the Oregon shore. For many years this U.S. Corps of Engineers' project will be the largest and mightiest Columbia River dam, both in structural size and in power generation. It boasts the highest single-lift lock in the world. The project, which is scheduled for dedication on Spetember 28, is operated by the Portland U.S. Army Engineer District.
Subjects (LCSH)John Day Dam (Wash.); Dams--Washington (State)--Columbia River; Columbia River
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Jefferson County--Brown's Point
Digital CollectionWashington Localities Collection
Order NumberWAS0501
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionWashington Localities Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 1999.
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