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Postcard showing The Babcock and Wilcox Pipe Plant, Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

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Date

1935 to 1939

Description

A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of The Babcock and Wilcox Pipe Plant next the construction site of Boulder Dam, a title that would later be changed to Hoover Dam. Because the penstock pipes at Hoover Dam were too large to be carried over railroads, this plant was built to fabricate the largest penstock pipes in the world. Transcribed onto the top border of the image: "The Babcock & Wilcox Pipe Plant, Boulder Dam."

Digital ID

pho003238

Physical Identifier

0100_3255
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Citation

pho003238. L. F. Manis Photograph Collection. PH-00100. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13w14.

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Digital Provenance

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

Extent

3316 x 2110 pixels
5.5267 x 3.5167 inches
21014734 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff