Finishing the Job: 1938 - 1950

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1939: Seventy-seven people died in accidents during the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. However, this is well below the average for construction sites at the time. More people will die on the “speedball highway” leading to the dam than at the dam construction site.

1939: Seventy-seven people died in accidents during the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. However, this is well below the average for construction sites at the time. More people will die on the “speedball highway” leading to the dam than at the dam construction site.


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