In 1942, when Grand Coulee Dam was completed, it was a proud symbol of American technological prowess. But I can only think of it as a money-losing project that completely wiped out one of the biggest and most valuable salmon fisheries on the planet. While it does sell electricity, the electrical generation was only an afterthought. It was originally conceived solely as an irrigation project, and the extra food produced through that irrigation is arguably worth less than the fisheries the dam destroyed.
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Though the entrées are slightly different, the menu is pretty similar to the one shown yesterday. However, the price of the number two plate dinner (which had cost 65¢ in 1946) was increased from $1.25 to $1.35.