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8/4/2010 |
Our location - Coulee City, WAGrand Coulee Dam |
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We are traveling to the Grand Coulee Dam... |
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Views from the Visitor Center. |
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We started by being taken to the top of the Dam. The road has been closed to public traffic since 9/11/2001. |
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One thing we noticed different from the Glen Canyon Dam is that security is much higher. Armed guards are present everywhere. |
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This is Scott our guide. |
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The 200 ton overhead crane needed to maintain the generators, the
largest in the world. The main job of the Grand Coulee Dam is electrical power generation with a secondary of irrigation and flood control. Just the opposite from the Glen Canyon Dam |
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It is amazing to see so much mass spinning. The Grand Coulee Dam is one big chunk of concrete. Not as tall as the Glen Canyon but far wider. |
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The Columbia River leaving the Dam. | |
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