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Rank-and-File Kilowatts
Coleman, McAlister | January 29, 1944 issue

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The article says that as of March 1941, when the first generator turned over at Grand Coulee, even the most ardent New Dealers expressed their private doubts as to the immediate usefulness of the mighty projects. There were also doubts that how were the taxpayers going to get back the $174,000,000 for the Coulee dam and power plant, to say nothing of the $394,000,000 that would be spent in the next twenty-five to fifty years for all the contemplated reclamation, conservation, and power projects. However, Grand Coulee and Bonneville produces 1,250,000 kilowatts and is powering war plants in Washington D.C. and Oregon whose products will play an important part in the big push against Japan.

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DAMS; ELECTRIC power production; POWER-plants; MILITARY readiness; WASHINGTON (D.C.); OREGON; UNITED States
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