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Photograph of tunnel at Hoover Dam site, circa 1932

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Creator

Creator: Davis, W. A.

Date

1931 to 1933

Description

View of a few workers starting to create the pilot tunnel; work was completed before diversion tunnel. Note on back: "Starting the portal, 10 ft. bore, not more than 20 ft. deep in this photo - W. A. Davis, 1992."

Digital ID

pho023215

Physical Identifier

0123_0114
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Citation

pho023215. Ray Cutright Collection of Winthrop A. Davis Photographs. PH-00123. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ng4gx7c.

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Digital Provenance

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

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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