Machine shop and warehouse group of buildings, surrounded by material storage yards. Used for Boulder Dam, now called Hoover Dam, construction. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
The Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and the Hoover Dam series depict the construction of the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge from 2009 to 2012. The photographs primarily depict workers building the bridge, including photographs of ironworkers, the arch, the temporary pylons, the arch keystone, and the piers. The photographs also depict aerial views of the bridge, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, the Colorado River, Black Canyon, and the surrounding area.
Materials depict the construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1935. The photographs primarily depict construction of the master planned community of Boulder City, which was built to house workers during the construction of the dam. The photographs also depict construction of the dam, surveyors working in Black Canyon and on the Colorado River, and buildings in Boulder City. The photographs also depict Williamsville, the small settlement that preceded Boulder City.
Pg.31 #2666 Looking upstream in Black Canyon, showing the downstream face of Boulder Dam. April 30th, 1934. Pg.31 #2659 View showing installation of 100-ft. Drum Gates in the Arizona spillway. April 28th, 1934. Pg.31 #2664 Looking upstream in No. 5 Penstock tunnel, showing penstock outlets, manways and pedestal recesses. April 28th, 1934.
Pg.47 #2860 Looking downstream into the Arizona Spillway. Sept. 27th, 1934. Pg.47 #2861 Looking downstream into the port of No.4 raise. Sept. 27, 1934. Pg.47 #2865 Looking from the Arizona side, toward the Nevada side, showing all four Intake Towers, three derricks, Boulder Dam to the left, and the Nevada Spillway to the right. Sept. 27th, 1934.