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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 010: photographic print

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Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

This photograph has three images. The first one, (0272_0046) has a handwritten inscription that reads , "Arizona spillway empties into 50' diversion tunnel, which will be blocked off above intersection of spillway. The rest of the tunnel is of no use anymore. It was used to divert water around dam while being built. Stoney gate will release as well as the spillway." "This section of the tunnel was very unstable. Sections of the tunnel would fall without giving any warning at all. Kept the men spooked. I knew a young fellow, who told me he had to get drunk before he could get up enough nerve to go to work. Couldn't get a transfer. This kind of work I call 'hero's of Boulder Dam." The second one (0272_0047) reads "Like donkeys in a mine never see daylight." It was a trucking mammoth concrete buckets in the 50 ft. diameter tunnels at Hoover Dam, an Oakes photo. The third one, (0272_0048) reads, "visit of L.A. Examiner scout car - crossing canyon on Gov. Hi-line."

Digital ID

pho030900

Physical Identifier

0272_0046; 272_0047; 0272_0048
Details

Citation

pho030900. Barbara and John Kizziar Photograph Collection, approximately 1986-1992. PH-00272. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1vq2sn6j

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Digital Provenance

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

Language

English

Geographic Coordinate

36.01609, -114.73804; 35.97859, -114.83249

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff