Dworshak Dam Project. - Artist's painting of three-cableway system being used to place concrete in Dworshak dam. 1965? Photographer: Cronk & Associates, San Francisco. 8x10 black and white print, 1965
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of just under 10,000 images taken by A.B. Curtis depicting forest management practices, forest fires and their effects, members of the association and other forest officials, forestry personnel and equipment, logging activity, recreational development, scenic views, and other activities and events in the areas administered by the Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association. Notable subjects include images of the North Fork of the Clearwater River before Dworshak Dam was built which flooded the stream to make Dworshak Reservoir.
Formats include color and black and white negatives, color slides, and prints. Many images include a print and negative both. Descriptions are based on retroactive descriptions typed by Curtis and inlcuded at the time of the donation of images. In some cases, personal thoughts or more back stories provided by Curtis are listed that weren't included or were condensed down to make our inventory.
About 200 images from this collection and about 300 items from the related Albert Bruce Curtis papers MG 147, and other collections, were digitized to create the Dworshak Dam Collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1965
Creator
- From the Collection: Curtis, Albert Bruce, 1903-1985 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1 item : Shows three-cableway system to place concrete in dam. Photo of artist's drawing. Note on back: "Artist's painting of three-cableway system being used to place concrete in Dworshak Dam. It is 2915 feet between the head towers (right) and tail towers (background). The bucket, weighing 25 tons with its load of concrete, travels across the river gorge at 2200 feet per minute and down the dam site at 950 feet per minute. The batch plants are at lower left. The sand and aggregate comes into the plants on conveyor belts. The fresh concrete is transported to the cableway loading dock in rail-mounted hopper cars. (Note bucket being loaded at middle right of picture.) Dworshak is being constructed under a $131-million contract by Dworshak Dam Constructors, a joint venture of five contractors sponsored by Dravo Corporation. From: Duane L. Cronk and Associates, 100 Bush St., San Francisco 94104 For: Dravo Corporation, 225 108th N.E., Bellevue, Washington 98004"
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository