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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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    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