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Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA, 1940.
Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA, 1940. Postcard, one of a series of train window views on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. Bird's-eye-view of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, with mountains in the background. The dam was built in the 1930s to provide hydroelectric power. The project was a boost to the economy of the Pacific Northwest, which was suffering from the effects of the Depression.
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1930s
1940s
20th century
AMERICA
American
Bonneville Dam
Civil engineering
color
COLUMBIA RIVER
concept
country
Curt Teich Postcard Archives
Dam
DECADE
Electricity
FORTIES
geographical feature
Geography
hydroelectric power
Hydroelectricity
Landscape
LOCATION
mountain
MOUNTAINS
Oregon, USA
Photograph
Portland & Seattle Railway
Postcard
power
power generation
River
spokane
TGN
THIRTIES
Train
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Travel
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
Valley
WASHINGTON
Water