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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

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Date

1971-09-20

Description

p.21 #1506 Blast on Cableway bench excavation, on Arizona side, above dam site. Picture taken from lower portal of Railroad Tunnel No.1. Aug. 24, 1932. p.21 #1457 Picture of blast at same place shown above, taken from opposite, on Black Canyon Highway. Aug. 16, 1932. p.21 #1507 Huge billows of rock and dust pour over canyon rim and descend to river below. Aug. 24, 1932. p.21 #1456 Blast on Arizona intake tower excavation, which has filled canyon with smoke and dust. Upper steel suspension bridge shown in background. Aug. 16, 1932.

Digital ID

pho027842-049

Physical Identifier

Album #2, page 21
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    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries