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LIST OF FIGURES

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Map of the Columbia Basin project lands showing the location of the
major engineering features

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Photograph illustrating the characteristic trench-like shape of the Upper
Grand Coulee

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Photograph of the Grand Coulee Dam area looking southwest into the
Upper Grand Coulee

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View of the basalt flows on the east wall of the Grand Coulee

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A closeup aerial view of the Feeder canal slide area

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Surface geologic map of a portion of the Feeder canal cut-and-cover
section

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Generalized geologic section along the center line of North Dam
Granite foundation for the south abutment of North Dam

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Tractor-drawn cultivators used to clear areas in the Equalizing reser-
voir

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Airplanes used to spray 2-4-D solution on grass and brush on the coulee
floor

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Wheel-tractors equipped with power mowers used to cut brush in open

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15 Pneumatic limb loppers used to cut brush in inaccessible areas

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Preliminary cost comparisons for the Feeder canal cut-and-cover de-
signs shown on figure 20

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Design studies for the Feeder canal cut-and-cover conduit

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General plan and sections of the Feeder canal cut-and-cover conduit

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Chart showing interrelationship between pumping cost and conduit cost
for various conduit slopes

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Details of 24- by 25-foot radial gates for the Feeder canal check struc-
ture

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Plan and sections of the Feeder canal chute structure before modifi-
cation

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