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Photograph of motor transport, Boulder City, Nevada, April 12, 1934

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Date

1934-04-12

Description

Black and white image of "Big Bertha," the Six Companies, Inc. motor transport used to haul workmen between Boulder City and Hoover Dam. This double-decker truck could haul 154 men. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Digital ID

pho004615

Physical Identifier

0071_0217
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Citation

pho004615. Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada. PH-00071. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d11r6n078.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

5779 x 4557 pixels
9.6317 x 7.595 inches
79031400 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff