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Photograph of the Davis Dam, circa 1950-1951

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Date

1950 to 1951

Description

An image showing an aerial view of Davis Dam on the Colorado River. Located within Pyramid Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, Davis Dam was constructed on the Colorado River 67 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Due to the Mexican Treaty of 1944, the United States was required to construct Davis Dam for regulation of water to be delivered to Mexico.

Digital ID

pho001826

Physical Identifier

0100_1462
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Citation

pho001826. 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/d1x834.

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Digital Provenance

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

Extent

4371 x 4620 pixels
7.285 x 7.7 inches
60609624 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff