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People along the observation deck watch water spill over the Arizona spillway, looking southeast at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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People along the observation deck watch water spill over the Arizona spillway, looking southeast at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

Image

People along the observation deck watch water spill over the Arizona spillway, looking southeast at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

Image

People along the observation deck watch water spill over the Arizona spillway, looking southeast at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

Image

People along the observation deck watch water spill over the Arizona spillway, looking southeast at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

Image

People along the observation deck watch water spill over the Arizona spillway, looking southeast at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

Image

Recreational vehicles and automobiles sit in the parking lot as seen from above the Arizona spillway, looking south at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Fayle, Leonard, 1904-1983

Leonard Fayle, son of George and Jean Fayle, was born in 1904 in Barstow, California and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926. After completing his education, Leonard moved to Delano, California where he owned and operated a tire store for eleven years. It was while living in California that Leonard met his wife, Anna Trapnell. The couple married in 1932 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada during World War II.Involvement in local civic and fraternal organizations was important to Leonard and Anna.

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