Coulee Dam, Washington
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Coulee Dam is a town in Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan counties in the state of Washington. The Douglas County portion of Coulee Dam is part of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area
Dam under construction, possibly around 1937
Grand Coulee Dam
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Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942,
Coulee Dam, Washington
…was 1,211 as of the 2020 census. Coulee Dam was founded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1933, to serve as headquarters for the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. The Okanogan County portion was known as Mason City, location of the head contractor. The portions in Douglas and Grant Counties were known as Engineers…
Grand Coulee Dam Panorama
The dam site before construction, looking south
The east-side cofferdam after the west base was complete
The base of the dam in 1938