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Photograph of Nevada substation, Hoover Dam (Nev.), circa 1932

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Creator
Creator: Davis, W. A.
Date
1931 to 1933
Description
Note with image: "This is where the Nevada sub-station is. Compressor was carried in pieces by the mules and reassembled... It took all day just to walk here and back, I mean all day." " Notes on back of image: "Building power substation above Boulder Dam, Air compressor in foreground, c. 1932. Cleaning surface prior to building sub-station. Dual generator with eight tires was pushed up to this location with bulldozers. - W. A. Davis, 1992."
Digital ID
pho023244
Physical Identifier
0123_0143
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pho023244. 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/d1ws8hs1w.

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English

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