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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Blasting operations in the background during the construction of the Hoover Dam, 1930s.
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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1971-08-03
Description
Pg.12 #2437 Upper Portals of the Diversion Tunnels. The dyke being built is at Elevation 690, which was the elevation of the top of the Tunnels. Nov. 30th, 1933. Pg.12 #2438 Close-up of Boulder Dam. The top blocks are at Elevation 715. Nov. 30th, 1933. Pg.12 #2444 Himix Plant. Note the new type of 8 cu. yd. bucket on the car, and the two additional 4 cu. yd. Mixers being installed. De. 1st, 1933. Pg.12 #2446 Arizona Intake Towers. The head tower for No. 10 Cableway is erected and the 180 ft. boom derrick is nearly complete. Dec. 1st, 1933
Photograph of tourists at the Hoover Dam, 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A couple standing alongside a cliff viewing the Hoover Dam. A label at the bottom of the photo: "Hoover Dam is one of the most popular visitor attractions of all the man-made wonders in the U.S."
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Film transparency of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Arizona side, May, 1947
Date
1947-05
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Arizona side, May, 1947. The intake towers, Nevada spillway house (in the background, behind the intake towers), and the Nevada spillway are visible. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the name "Boulder Dam" failed to fully take hold, with many Americans using both names interchangeably and map makers divided as to which name should be printed. In 1947, a bill passed both Houses of Congress unanimously restoring the name to "Hoover Dam".
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Photograph of Boulder Dam Hotel, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933 - late 1930s
Date
1933 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior of Boulder Dam Hotel. Automobiles parked outside.
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Postcard of Boulder Dam Hotel, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933 late 1930s
Date
1933 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior of Boulder Dam Hotel. Automobiles parked outside.
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Photograph of Boulder Dam Hotel, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933 - late 1930s
Date
1933 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior of Boulder Dam Hotel. Automobiles parked outside.
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Photograph of construction of Hoover Dam, 1934
Date
1934-01
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph taken by John McCreary of the construction of the spillway at Hoover dam, 1934 January.
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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1977-10-27
Description
Pg.66 #3136 Close-up of the Arizona Intake Towers - No.6 on left, No.3 on right. Note the forms for the dome of Intake Tower No.6. March 4th, 1935. Pg.66 #3133 View from the Arizona Spillway bridge, looking downstream into No.4 raise, showing general construction methods. Feb. 25th,1935. Pg.66 #3120 Looking downstream from the Arizona side, showing Boulder Dam, the Intake Towers and general layout. Note the dome formed on one of the Intake Towers. Feb. 25th, 1935. Pg.66 #3139 The run-around excavated in the old top heading adit, to facilitate handling concrete for No.4 Plug. March 4th, 1935.
Postcard of the Visitors' Gallery, Hoover Dam, 1934-1952
Date
1934 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard displaying the Visitors' Gallery within Boulder Dam leading from elevator shaft to power house. The people are gathered at the end of the hallway ready to move on to the next part of their tour.
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