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Photograph of diversion tunnel construction, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Diversion tunnels still under construction, but in use.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam drill holes diagram, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Diagram of log holes, Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Note on back: "Copy of Bureau of Reclamation diagram. Stuck some drills in river bottom and recovered them after the river was diverted. - W. A. Davis, 1992."
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Photograph of dam construction at night, Hoover Dam, November 1933
Date
1933-11
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic image of Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction, early evening view, November 1933. Lights line the canyon walls as workers proceed with construction. Bright white light in the sky may possibly be a full moon.
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Interior view of the spillway at Hoover Dam in Arizona: photographic print
Date
1935-01-02
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). View inside Nevada spillway tunnel.
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Photograph of a party held by the Young Presidents Organization, Hoover Dam, March 9, 1971
Date
1971-03-09
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Dick Woodward (left) and Ellis L. Armstrong at a party held by the Young Presidents' Organization on the roof of the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. Nearly 1,000 people attended, all wearing hard hats, and were the first to use this setting.
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C. Diabolis report, Grapevine Spring below Hoover Dam, 1972
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Desert Fishes Council Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00572
Collection Name: Desert Fishes Council Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Desert Fishes Council Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 001: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
This photograph has three images. The first one, (0272_0002) reads, "Transports coming from dam-day shift. Climbing out the sides to be one of first in the commissary for a bottle of beer. It's been hot down there and they are thirsty," as a handwritten inscription. The second one, (0272_0003) reads, "One of several dorms that happened to be mine. (The arrow points to room) No grass to mow. One of its good points. Radios would not receive programs until early night, reason- no ground-no moisture in soil," in a handwritten inscription. The Six Companies Inc. dormitory housing 172 men, Boulder City, NV. The third picture, (0272_0004) which is upside down, reads "One pour wide getting in each other's way; hi-line moving catwalk soon will be finished," as a handwritten inscription on the image about the Hoover Dam under construction.
Image
Photograph of the railroad bridge leading to the Hoover Dam gravel pit, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Railroad bridge to gravel pit for dam. Six companies utilize the railroad bridge that crosses the Colorado river behind Hoover dam.
Image
Film transparency of Arizona side of completed Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s
Date
1935 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A bird's eye view from the Arizona side of Hoover Dam; water is spilling into the spillway, people are viewing the dam from road and parking area, and automobiles are crossing the top of the dam.
Image
Photograph of water beling released into the reservoir, Hoover Dam, December 20, 1936
Date
1936-12-20
Archival Collection
Description
Boulder Dam, December 20, 1936. Water is being released from the dam itself into the reservoir below on the Colorado-River-side of the dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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