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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1978-11-04
Description
Pg.90 #3417 View of Arizona side of lower portals clean-up. Aug. 26, 1935. Pg.90 #3397 Nevada construction adits, Valve House and plug adit portal. Note absence of upstream end of lower portal road tunnel. Aug. 21, 1935. Pg.90 #3412 View of Nevada side of lower portals clean-up. Aug. 26, 1935. Pg.90 #3431 View taken from downstream Nevada Plug adit, looking toward No.2 downstream plug. Aug. 27, 1935.
Postcard of Hoover Dam construction, circa late 1920s - early 1930s
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Description provided on front of image: "Diversion tunnel No. 3 being lined with concrete-Hoover Dam, Oakes."
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Photograph of powerhouse construction printed in book, Hoover Dam, January 4, 1940
Date
1940-01-04
Archival Collection
Description
Colorado River-Hoover Dam. Dam and powerhouse construction from book: Boulder Dam of the Great Southwest by Ralph B. Simmons' 1936. Inscription reads: "Below the massive wedge of concrete showing the power house rising against the hard rock walls of Black Canyon." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Film transparency showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing aerial view of Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing aerial view of Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of the Colorado River on the opposite side of the Hoover Dam, December 20, 1936
Date
1936-12-20
Archival Collection
Description
Water from the Colorado River visible from the top of the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of a man and burro near Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man leading a burro on rocks near Hoover Dam; the dam's intake towers can be seen in the background.
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Arizona needle valves spewing water at the Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Canyon wall outlet works at Hoover Dam, Arizona.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam releasing water, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover Dam, downstream side releasing water from penstock. Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of water being released downstream of Hoover Dam, 1934-1952
Date
1934 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
A downstream view of the Hoover Dam where you can see where the water is taken in and expelled to create power.
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