An image of construction on roads and a bridge across the Colorado River at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Noted on photo: "Taken by FAB."
An image of construction on roads and a bridge across the Colorado River at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Noted on photo: "Taken by FAB."
The Colorado River and Hoover Dam file consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from approximately 1945 to 1956. The images depict the exterior and interior of the Hoover Dam, as well as aerial images of the Hoover Dam and the Colorado River.
Looking upstream from the Arizona canyon wall at the Hoover Dam, January 1933. The Colorado River curves around the bend of mountainous rock on the Arizona-side of the river.
An aerial image of construction on roads and a bridge across the Colorado River at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Noted on photo: "Taken by FAB."
An aerial image of construction on roads and a bridge across the Colorado River at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Noted on photo: "Taken by FAB."
Black and white image of men standing next to"cover wagons" in Boulder City. Nine cover wagons, each having a capacity of 48 men, were used to transport workmen from Boulder City to Black Canyon for the construction of the Hoover Dam. These buses were canvas-covered with side curtains that could be raised during hot weather. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Aerial view of the downstream face of Hoover Dam, including the intake towers, and Lake Mead, in Black Canyon. Electric power transmission lines span the lake.