Unidentified men working at the temporary sheet metal shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The inscription on the photo reads: "McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant, Las Vegas, Nevada. 4-27-43. 1573." The Basic Magnesium Inc. plant was built southeast of Las Vegas in an unincorporated area that is now Henderson, Nevada.
Construction progress of thickener tanks in neutralizing plant, showing wall forms and reinforcing steel in place. McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant. Las Vegas, Nevada. 6-4-42. 770. Basic Magnesium Inc. manufacturing plants were built in an unincorporated area southeast of Las Vegas. That area is now Henderson, Nevada.