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Washington State University Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory Research Files, 1957-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator
R.L. Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory
Title
Washington State University Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory Research Files
Dates
1957-1996 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (5 Boxes)
Collection Number
Archives 410 (collection)
Summary
Hydrological research files and observation records, primarily from around the northwest, conducted by WSU’s Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory. Includes reports from dam modeling, as well as planning for fish spillways.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

While work in hydraulics at WSU dates to at least the early 19-oughts, in the 1950s WSC began working with scale models of dams and water channels, initially built either outdoors or in Quonset huts. The R.L. Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory building was initially built in 1955, with a succession of additions over the next 12 years, and was best known for the use of these dam models to test current / water flow, and to determine best practices for construction and use of those dams. Numerous other projects were conducted there, including research for NASA on use of water for noise reduction in the space program in the 1960s. The buildings offices were emptied in 2022, but research continued to be conducted there afterwards.

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Content Description

The materials consist of correspondence, reports, and data from research conducted or collected by the R.L. Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory at Washington State University, and its affiliated personnel. The bulk of the materials comes from the late 1970s to mid 1990s.

The Laboratory contracted to conduct hydrological research or observations for various organizations. One common methodology was to conduct actual scale models of dams and water channels for pre-construction analysis, and most of the dam-related materials come from that model work. Other materials, such as the Teton Dam failure materials or some of the Pullman photographs or water data, come from observations in the field.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Washington State University Albrook Hydraulics Laboratory Research Files, 1957-1996 (Archives 410)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Items are organized alphabetically, either by the location of the project, or by a title when there is no specific location. Where a project or location has multiple folders, those folders are generally ordered chronologically within that project.

Acquisition Information

Dar Neunherz of the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries on January 28, 2022, where it was retained as (UA 2022-15). The materials had been stored in the Albrook building over the years, but the building’s offices were being closed and these materials not retained.

Processing Note

University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection in April of 2023. Approximately 16 boxes of materials were initially dropped off at MASC, but after extensive review, most of that was discarded. A huge chunk of the discarded materials were proposals for projects which never happened, materials originating outside WSU, and published research reports which were available elsewhere and so surplussed. Two boxes of maps were also included, some of which were retained for eventual processing under the same UA 2022-15 identification.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Baker Bay flows.
    Dates: 1988
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Blackwood Creek, Lake Tahoe, fish passage and habitat improvement.
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Boundary Dam.
    Dates: 1994-1995
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Boundary Dam.
    Dates: 1995-1996
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Boundary Dam model photographs.
    Dates: 1994-1996
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Boundary Dam test data.
    Dates: 1994-1996
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Capitol Lake reclamation.
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Crooked River fish habitat improvements.
    Dates: 1985
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Douglas County PUD - fishway pumps at Wells Dam.
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Fish guiding efficiency of traveling screens.
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Flood hazard area evaluations.
    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Kingston Crossing - 1967 break.
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: Kingston Crossing.
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 13
  • Description: Long Lake Dam hydraulic model studies.
    Dates: 1987-1990
    Container: Box 3, Folder 14
  • Description: Long Lake Dam spillway toe reconstruction.
    Dates: 1990
    Container: Box 3, Folder 15
  • Description: Project proposal roster.
    Dates: 1971-1983
    Container: Box 3, Folder 16
  • Description: Pullman First National Bank - channel revisions.
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 17
  • Description: Pullman flood photographs.
    Dates: 1996
    Container: Box 3, Folder 18
  • Description: Pullman well and water data.
    Dates: 1957-1970
    Container: Box 3, Folder 19
  • Description: Removal of excess sediment from streams.
    Dates: 1985
    Container: Box 3, Folder 20
  • Description: Rock Island Dam - fish guidance screens, second powerhouse.
    Dates: 1987-1988
    Container: Box 3, Folder 21
  • Description: Rock Island Dam - bar screens, second powerhouse.
    Dates: 1988-1989
    Container: Box 3, Folder 22
  • Description: Rock Island Dam - fishway attraction chimney.
    Dates: 1989
    Container: Box 3, Folder 23
  • Description: Rock Island Dam - first powerhouse intakes.
    Dates: 1988-1989
    Container: Box 3, Folder 24
  • Description: Rock Island Dam - first powerhouse.
    Dates: 1989-1990
    Container: Box 3, Folder 25
  • Description: Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams - migrant fish facilities.
    Dates: 1981
    Container: Box 3, Folder 26
  • Description: Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams - completion report, working.
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 4, Folder 27
  • Description: Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams - completion report, published.
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 4, Folder 28
  • Description: Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams - completion report, negatives.
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 4, Folder 29
  • Description: Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams - joint fish guidance study plans.
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 4, Folder 30
  • Description: Rocky Reach Dam - intake model.
    Dates: 1982-1988
    Container: Box 4, Folder 31
  • Description: Rocky Reach Dam - fish guidance screens.
    Dates: 1987-1988
    Container: Box 5, Folder 32
  • Description: Rocky Reach Dam - second powerhouse intakes.
    Dates: 1989
    Container: Box 5, Folder 33
  • Description: Rocky Reach Dam - intakes.
    Dates: 1990
    Container: Box 5, Folder 34
  • Description: Rocky Reach Dam.
    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box 5, Folder 35
  • Description: Scour at Bridge Piers.
    Dates: 1988, 1991
    Container: Box 5, Folder 36
  • Description: Spokane River photographs.
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 5, Folder 37
  • Description: Teton Dam failure.
    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 5, Folder 38
  • Description: Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, AK, flows.
    Dates: 1990
    Container: Box 5, Folder 39
  • Description: WPPSS Nuclear Plant 3 receiving streams.
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 5, Folder 40

Finding aid prepared by Mark O’English
2023

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