Showing posts with label Electric City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electric City. Show all posts
Friday, July 24, 2026

CBI 802 At Electric City

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Courtesy of the PNRA, George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out. September 15, 1940
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Saturday, January 11, 2025

Record Model

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From the "Spokesman Review." January 30, 1944
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Monday, May 20, 2024

USBR Head Men Go Into Huddle

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From the  "Spokesman Review." August 30, 1935
Monday, May 13, 2024

1936 Grand Coulee Area Map

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Saturday, May 11, 2024

1933 Electric City Area

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

1946 Grand Coulee Aerial Image

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Red dots help define the railroad through the Electric City yard on the center right side down towards Grand Coulee Dam on the lower left.
Monday, July 24, 2023

Electric City Yard View

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No specific date, though likely late 1930s. Penstocks have been formed here and are awaiting the final trip to placement in Grand Coulee Dam...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Huge Penstock Tubing Finished

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From the "Spokesman Review." December 16, 1939
Sunday, December 12, 2021

Railroad Trains To Whistle Soon

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From the Spokane "Chronicle." July 25, 1935
Saturday, November 13, 2021

Move Rail Equipment

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From the Spokane "Chronicle." December 29, 1942
Sunday, January 10, 2021

Rail Yards Take Form

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From the "Spokesman Review." August 30, 1935
Monday, June 8, 2020

Plan To Build Steel Mill At Electric City

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From the Spokane "Chronicle." November 29, 1937
Saturday, January 25, 2020

1934 US Construction Railroad Near Electric City

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Seems that the guy in both pictures might be Paul Ford, who became general superintendent of the railroad after it began operations, as seen...
Friday, January 17, 2020

1949 Future North Dam View

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Courtesy of the Coulee Pioneer Museum.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

1948 Electric City Yard View

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Courtesy of the Coulee Pioneer Museum. Close up of the yard.
Monday, November 25, 2019

Dam Site Road Piles Up Tonnage

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From the "Spokesman Review." May 24, 1936
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

US Construction Railroad 2673 Scrapping

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Courtesy of EWU. Hu Blonk papers. No date given, though may be no later than 1937.
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Governor Will Run Locomotive On Coulee Line

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From the "Spokane Chronicle." June 24, 1935
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

1950 Truman Visit To Coulee City

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May 5, 1950 Clippings are from the Spokane "Chronicle." Street scene photos by Vesta Tanneberg. Courtesy of Colleen Long. Cu...
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Sunday, June 9, 2019

The Electric City Railroad Yards

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Article I wrote for "Them Dam Writers." Electric City Railroad Yards The definite location of the railroad yards for the...