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Photograph of tunnel outlets, Hoover Dam, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Hoover Dam looking upstream and showing the white water of the Colorado River below the spillway tunnel outlets. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of dam construction, Hoover Dam, February 10, 1932
Date
1932-02-10
Archival Collection
Description
Construction site of the Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam. Marion electric drag line with 5 cubic yard capacity bucket loading gravel. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of dam construction, Hoover Dam, April 12, 1932
Date
1932-04-12
Archival Collection
Description
Workmen at the construction of Boulder Dam, now called Hoover Dam. Trimming jumbo used in scaling walls of diversion tunnels and removing projecting rock. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Postcard of Hoover Dam's downstream side, circa mid 1930s
Date
1934 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Hoover Dam's downstream face. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of power generators at Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a row of power generators under construction at Hoover Dam. Several men are working on one of them. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Slide of the downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1931 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing Hoover Dam's downstream face during the concrete pouring process. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard of intake towers at Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
A boat on the rising waters of Lake Mead near the intake towers of Hoover (Boulder) Dam shortly after the completion of construction. Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Lowering loaded boxcar at Hoover Dam in Arizona: postcard
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Lowering loaded boxcar of power house machinery by 150 ton cableway at Hoover Dam during construction.
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Photograph of plant construction, Hoover Dam, circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Plant where gravel was washed on Nevada side of Hoover Dam site while under construction. Note on back: ""Washed gravel and graded it with the longest conveyor belt in the world - W.A. Davis.""
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Photograph of the construction phase of Hoover Dam, August 25, 1934
Date
1934-08-25
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the construction phase of Hoover Dam. The metal framework seen at the base of the dam will later become the dam's powerhouse. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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