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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1939
Date: 1939
File Name: WREG02609.pdf Date Transcribed: February 2021 Editors: T. Barker
Transcription Platform: Microsoft Word
BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION 1939
Calendar 1939
The Excelsior Diary for 1939 January 1939
Wed. 18 Pit river bridge. January 1939 Wed. 25 St. Paul
On leave today PM Boulder penstocks in A.M. January 1939 Mon. 30 F.D. Roosevelt, 1882 Out sick. Tue. 31 Out sick. Wed. 1 Out sick. February 1939
Thu. 2 Candlemas Day Out sick. Fri. 3 Out sick. Sat. 4 Out sick. February 1939 Sun. 5 Septuagesima Boulder penstocks. Mon. 6 Boulder Penstocks 2/27/35 February 1939 Sat. 11 Boulder penstocks Mon. 13
Computed time [illegible] to thaw put G. Coulee pier plates at -28 [degrees Fahrenheit] 108 K.W. Supply.
Wed. 15
Menus on time to force Gr. Coulee gates of ich. Completed today. February 1939
Fri. 17
Keystone dam in A.M. February 1939 Mon. 20
Boulder penstocks. Tue. 21
Boulder penstocks. February 1939 Thu. 23 Keystone dam 2/27/39 Sat. 25 Keystone dam. 2/27/39 February 1939 Mon. 27 Keystone dam. Wed. 1 March Pit river bridge March 1939 Thu. 2
Boulder penstocks. Sat. 4
Went to Ogallala Nebr. to see Keystone dam site. March 1939
Sun. 5
At Keystone dam site Ogallala Nebr. Mon. 6
Keystone March 1939 Fri. 10
Riv. plate heating with Calrod heater Grand Coulee. March 1939
Tue. 21 Spring
Earthquake data sent to Sailer today. Pit river bridge. March 1939
Fri. 24
Pit river bridge Sat. 25 Annunciation Pit river bridge March 1939 Fri. 31
Friden calculations received today. Gr. Coulee [illegible]. April 1939
Mon. 3
Botsohen began work today. Tue. 4
Long shears and moments due to long Beach on Pit river sent to Sailer today. April 1939
Mon. 10
Hammett returned from Idaho today. April 1939
Wed. 26
E. Sollid came to work today. Pit river Mon. 1 May
Taylor came to work today. March 1939
Thu. 4
Fri. 5
Pit river bridge Coulee Valley. March 1939
Sat. 13
Grand Coulee turbine casings. Sat. 20
Pit river bridge 5/23/39 REG. March 1939
Mon. 22 Maritime Day Shasta spillway Tue. 23 G.C. Pier plates. June 1939 Thu. 1 Shasta spillway. Sat. 3 Shasta spillway June 1939 Mon. 5
Pit river bridge June 1939 Thu. 8
Grand Coulee [and] Shasta gates. Fri. 9
Boulder stiffener supports - water hammer June 1939
Tue. 27
Boulder intake towers, earthquake effects since 18th inclusive July 1939
Fri. 7
Boulder intake towers - Earthquake stresses. July 1939
Tue. 18
Boulder intake towers. On leave in P.M. July 1939
Fri. 21
Snow lakes tunnel. July 1939
Wed. 26
Snow lakes tunnel Fri. 28
On leave in PM gravitational effect on surveys at Boulder dam. August 1939
Fri. 4
Computation of effect of gravitational of boulder reservoir on levels ran to land sinking August 1939 Mon. 14 On leave Tue. 15 On leave Wed. 16 On leave
August 1939 Thu. 17 On leave Fri. 18 On leave. Sat. 19 On leave August 1939 Mon. 21
Earthquake effects - Deer Creek dam 8/29/39 Tue. 22 Deer Creek 8/29/39 Wed. 23 Deer Creek 8/29/39 August 1939 Fri. 25 Deer Creek 8/29/39 Sat. 26
Parker power plant speed regulation. 8/29/39
August 1939 Mon. 28
Parker poured plant speed regulation 8/29/39 Tue. 29
September 1939 Thu. 7
On leave. September 1939 Sun. 10
To Guernsey dam to make observations on surge tanks operation September 1939 Wed. 20 On leave. September 1939 Thu. 21 Deer creek. September 1939 Mon. 25
Earth dam motel Parker power plant. Wed. 27
Boulder reports on stiff rings and penstocks parker. October 1939
Mon.2
Shasta dam foundation. Tue. 3
Shasta dam foundation. Wed. 4
Parker tubing. October 1939
Tue. 10
Parker power plant. Talked to Farnsworth at Sydney Australia today. October 1939
Mon. 16
Earth dam motel on annual leave in PM. Tue. 17
On leave all day. Wed. 18
Earth dam motel. October 1939 Mon. 23
Talked with Jersey of SM Smith today on Parker [illegible]. October 1939
Thu. 26
On leave all day. Fri. 27
Mr Blinn of Civil Samee in today. Sat. 28
Model earth dam. November 1939 Fri. 3
Shasta power plant. Sat. 4
Shasta power plant. November 1939 Mon. 6
Tue. 7 Election Day
Thermal properties report Boulder. November 1939
Fri. 10
Parker turbines. November Thu. 16
Review of bulletin on thermal properties of concrete completed today. November 1939
Thu. 23 Thanksgiving. November 1939 Mon. 27
Deer Creek dam. Fri. 1 December On leave Sat. 2 On leave. December 1939 Mon. 4 Boulder bulletins Tue. 5 Boulder bulletins. Wed. 6
Computation of error in calorimeter experiment due to heat generator in thermometer December 1939
Thu. 7
Computation of error in calorimeter experiment. Fri. 8
Allowable governor time - Shasta power plant. December 1939
Tues. 12
TW Lawrence transferred to Beatty today. Wed. 13
Shasta power plant allowable governor speed. December 1939
Sat. 16
Earthquake theory Rio Grande canal case stresses END TRANSCRIPTION
