Of the many public works projects of the New Deal, Grand Coulee Dam loomed largest in America's imagination during the darkest days of the Depression. It promised to fulfill President Franklin ...

“But don’t call it planning.” The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State as pictured in 1941, after completion (Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm that you are ...

Boulder Dam on the Colorado River is the world’s biggest dam, but the Grand Coulee project on the Columbia River will be much bigger. This mighty barrier in the wild heart of Washington ...

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 ...

Former Grand Coulee Dam worker, Stephanie Duclos, sits in front of the Grand Coulee Dam on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Coulee Dam, Wash., explaining how she was terminated from her job under the ...

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 ...

Of the many public works projects of the New Deal, Grand Coulee Dam loomed largest in America's imagination during the darkest days of the Depression. It promised to fulfill President Franklin ...