Seventy-eight years ago

Grand Coulee Dam at the close of the MWAK Company contract. The construction trestle at Elevation 1024 tops concrete which had been poured to a maximum elevation of 1010 in the abutment sections and elevation 945 in the spillway section, with the exception of blocks 39 and 40 which were carried to elevation 1000. The power house foundations were completed to elevation 948.8 and the training wall to elevation 980. – March 8, 1938 photo