About this Collection
The M.W.A.K. Columbian (retitled The Columbian in 1938) was published by the Safety Department for Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Company, the contractors hired to construct the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. This publication includes notices about safety including safety tips and statistics about injuries on the job site. The publication also served as a news source providing information about local events and advertisements for local stores and movie theaters. M. Pete Shrauger is listed as the editor over the course of the newsletter's run. These issues were scanned from either the Roy Dimond Collection (SPC 012-0704) or the Donald Beaty Papers (SPC 982-0165).
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Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 2
Consolidated Builders
This issue contains articles about diamond drills, a meeting of the local home guard in anticipation of a potential attack on the dam, and the trial run of generators.
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Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 3
Consolidated Builders
This issue contains articles about powerhouse control boards, a new badminton club, basketball season, and an upcoming visit by the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 4
Consolidated Builders
This issue contains articles about drum gates, welding work on the spillway, the testing of the scroll casing, and the end of concrete cooling.
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Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 5
Consolidated Builders
This issue contains articles about the volume of paperwork for acquiring supplies and equipment for the dam, the attempt to complete drum gate installation before the Columbia River reaches its peak, and the painting of the drum gates.
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Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 6
Consolidated Builders
This issue contains articles about a wired radio system for communications with Bonneville Power Authority, the upcoming arrival of a large gantry crane, bids on a hatchery on Chamokane Creek, and the connection of the two powerhouses to the Bonneveille electrical grid.
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Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 7
Consolidated Builders
This issue contains an article recapping the construction fo the dam and reprints of cartoons printed in the Columbian.
