Chief Joseph Dam Collection, circa 1950
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Citlau, Barbara
- Title
- Chief Joseph Dam Collection
- Dates
- circa 195019501950
- Quantity
- 0.2 linear feet, (1 manuscript box)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.519
- Summary
- The Chief Joseph Dam collection houses a Diorite and Granodiorite rock core drilled from the drainage holes of the Chief Joseph Dam. This collection, which dates circa 1950, also contains a pin of Chief Joseph's head.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Chief Joseph Dam was constructed from 1950 through 1958, with additional turbines being installed between 1973 and 1979. It is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River, and is operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief Joseph Dam Project Office, with the electricity it produces being marketed by Bonneville Power Administration. It generates around 10,000 gigawatt-hours annually. The dam is named for the Nez Perce chief who spent his last years in exile on the Colville Indian Reservation.
Content Description
The Chief Joseph Dam collection houses a Diorite and Granodiorite rock core drilled from the drainage holes of the Chief Joseph Dam. This collection, which dates circa 1950, also contains a pin of Chief Joseph's head.
