It would be the "Biggest Thing on Earth," the salvation of the common man, a dam and irrigation project that would make the desert bloom, a source of cheap power that would boost an entire region ...

Frank A. Banks, chief construction engineer of Grand Coulee Dam, was considered the man who "put the Columbia River to work," according to newspaper accounts. He was from New England and heard ...

“Grand Coulee is magnificent,” The Nation observed. “But don’t call it planning.” The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State as pictured in 1941, after completion (Wikimedia Commons ...

It would be the "Biggest Thing on Earth," the salvation of the common man, a dam and irrigation project that would make the desert bloom, a source of cheap power that would boost an entire region ...

The third stop and ultimate destination of the tour is mammoth Grand Coulee Dam and its supporting complex of structures, offices, warehouses, pumps, and power lines. At first approach ...