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"Digging In" - The First shovel - December 1933.

Anchoring to granite - the east abutment at Grand Coulee Dam.

East end, Grand Coulee Dam - Concrete placing trestles and bedrock foundation blocks - January, 1937.

Grand Coulee Damsite - Looking east - May, 1937.

Grand Coulee Damsite - Looking east, December 1933.

Grand Coulee Damsite - Looking west, April 1937.

Grand Coulee Damsite - Looking west, December 1933.

Columbia River - General view in reservoir area.

Columbia River - Kettle Falls.

One photo album illustrating the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam from 1933 to 1937. It includes photographs of the site before construction, the Columbia River diversion, blasting, "jackhammer men," driving steel piling, and general construction…