2 more levels Carnival Time and Grand Coulee Dam

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lakeowl
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2 more levels Carnival Time and Grand Coulee Dam

Post by lakeowl » Wed May 09, 2007 5:54 am

Carnival time is fun, Grand Coulee Dam is where I give you a small Tour of my Rez and a small tour of the Dam. Here is some insight and info
about Grand Coulee Dam:

Grand Coulee, Washington, USA
Completion Date: 1942
Cost: $300 million
Reservoir Capacity: 421 billion cubic feet
Type: Gravity
Purpose: Flood control, hydroelectric power, irrigation
Reservoir: Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Materials: Concrete
Engineer(s): Bureau of Reclamation

The Grand Coulee Dam, located on the Columbia River in central Washington, is the largest single producer of electricity in the United States. Made from 12 million cubic yards of concrete, the Grand Coulee Dam is also one of the largest concrete structures in the world. But engineers were confronted with a unique problem when building such a massive concrete dam.

When concrete is made, it produces a chemical reaction that gives off heat. As concrete cools, it gradually shrinks. If the shrinkage is not controlled, cracks can form -- and cracks are disastrous in dams. The solution? Engineers pumped cold water through an intricate network of pipes in the concrete to help cool the concrete as it hardened. It's a good thing they did this, because it would have taken 200 years for the concrete to cool naturally, and many cracks would have formed!

The Grand Coulee Dam is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world. With its 28 generators producing up to 23,860,944,469 kilowatt-hours annually, it is the primary source of electric power to states in the North West


Fast Facts:
The base of the Grand Coulee Dam is almost four times as large as the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
If all of the pipes used to cool the cement in the Grand Coulee Dam were laid end to end, they would stretch from New York City to the Grand Canyon!
There is enough concrete in the Grand Coulee Dam to build a highway across the United States.

Hope you enjoyed this

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Wow

Post by jobec5 » Wed May 09, 2007 9:03 am

Dear Lakeowl :D

I just saw this and had to say how interesting your post info was to me. Thanks so much for this :shock: :D I am going to download these two new levels now and get back to you when I have completed them, (well maybe when I have tried anyway, knowing me :oops: )

See ya later

Becky :D

Okay -- so far I was able to get 93 coins at the Grand Coulee Dam site. Lakeowl, I must say this was a wonderful tour with all of your informational notes. It makes me want to jump in the rv and have a real look at the region. Now that carnival level was quite fun but so far I have merely exited before getting all my coins. I will be playing these some more as they are definitely a good challenge for my solving skills. Thanks again Lakeowl :D RE-EDIT
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Grand Coulee Dam

Post by lakeowl » Wed May 09, 2007 9:25 am

Thanks Becky, I hope you find it to your liking

As Every

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Yippee

Post by jobec5 » Wed May 09, 2007 10:12 am

Oh That Carnival level was fun Lakeowl :D

I realized what I was doing wrong (more or less the order of things) so I found everything I needed and was finally able to exit with a smile on my face. As it may take a bit more time for me to completely solve the Coulee Dam Level, I will just say Thanks again and have a great day Lakeowl! :D
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