Washington\'s Grand Coulee is an ice-age channel that carried the Columbia River when ice dammed its main course.
Roosevelt, a public power advocate, used the Grand Cou.
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A dam was proposed as early as 1903, but opposition by Spokane private power interests and the cost of the dam delayed design and construction until the administration of Pres.
Grand Coulee was long recognized as an ideal place to store Columbia River water to irrigate the arid but fertile Columbia Basin.
Washington\'s Grand Coulee is an ice-age channel that carried the Columbia River when ice dammed its main course