By the time it was completed, the Grand Coulee Dam had enough concrete in it to pave a highway Florida to Washington. It stood 550 feet tall and measured 57 feet short of a mile from end to end.

From the Archives: Grand Coulee Dam. There is no monument featuring the names of the men who died building the Grand Coulee Dam, who numbered 88 by the time it was completed.

Grand Coulee Dam is not just any dam, it once was the world's biggest dam and remains among the few dams in the world that can produce enough electricity to power 11 western states.

The Third Power Plant was built between 1968 and 1975, and another four people died building it. Everywhere you turn in the Grand Coulee area there is information on the dam, how it works, the ...

GRAND COULEE – By most accounts, the last life claimed by the Grand Coulee Dam was that of Howard Gumm. The day he died, July 27, 1984, the Teamster was hauling dirt along Lake Roosevelt in an ...

The dam at Grand Coulee would someday be mentioned with the Great Pyramids of Egypt, ... * At 8 p.m., there was a band concert at the Chamber building stage. * At 9 and 10 p.m., ...

The dam at Grand Coulee would someday be mentioned with the Great Pyramids of Egypt, ... * At 10 a.m., at the Spokane Chamber of Commerce building on West Riverside Avenue, ...