American Experience Grand Coulee Dam (Season 24, Episode 6)
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TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Grand Coulee Dam (Season 24, Episode 6)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

When Grand Coulee Dam was being built during the depths of the Great Depression, everything about it--generators, powerhouses, pumps--was the biggest in the world. Grand Coulee was more than a dam; it was a proclamation: America could ...See moreWhen Grand Coulee Dam was being built during the depths of the Great Depression, everything about it--generators, powerhouses, pumps--was the biggest in the world. Grand Coulee was more than a dam; it was a proclamation: America could still do great things. The mile-long behemoth was the largest hydroelectric power-producing facility in the world when it was completed in March 1941--just in time to power the nation's defense plants and the atomic reactors for the Manhattan Project. Written by Anonymous See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Colleen F. Cawston Self - Colville Tribal Member Self - Colville Tribal Member See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Blaine Harden Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Steven Hawley Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Mary Henning Self - Grand Coulee Resident Self - Grand Coulee Resident See fewer	American Experience (1988)
D.C. Jackson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Ed Kern Self - Dam Worker Self - Dam Worker See fewer	American Experience (1988)
William Lang Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Michael Murphy Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
Margaret O'Mara Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Rise of the Billionaires (2022)
Paul C. Pitzer Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Lawney Reyes Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Stewart Whipple Self - Dam Worker Self - Dam Worker See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Richard White Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Wilfred Woods Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1988)