Tour of Inspection of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project
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Title
Tour of Inspection of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project
Subject
Irrigation -- Washington (State) -- Columbia River Valley
Description
This brochure details a tour provided by the Columbia Basin Irrigation League for members of the Congressional Committee on Reclamation and Irrigation. It features a train ride and meals along the path of the Gravity Plan, which was a proposed system of canals leading from the Pend Oreille River to the northeast corner of the Columbia Basin and a tour of Grand Coulee, where boosters from central Washington proposed the construction of large dam.
Creator
Columbia Basin Irrigation League
Source
Roy R. Gill Papers on the Columbia Basin Irrigation League, Cage 247
Publisher
Spokane: Columbia Basin Irrigation League
Date
1927
Rights
Copyright restrictions may apply
Format
text
Language
English
Type
jpeg
Identifier
db247b2f10n13
Citation
Columbia Basin Irrigation League, “Tour of Inspection of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project,” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 31, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4642.