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Heliostats (mirrors) at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2014-06-25

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's note: "10,347 heliostats (mirrors) are part of the Crescent Dunes Solar project. Each heliostat is 34 feet tall, uses 35 mirrors, and has a surface area of 1258 square feet, or 115.7 square meters. On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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Heliostats (mirrors) at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2014-06-25

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's note: "10,347 heliostats (mirrors) are part of the Crescent Dunes Solar project. Each heliostat is 34 feet tall, uses 35 mirrors, and has a surface area of 1258 square feet, or 115.7 square meters. On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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Transcript from interview with George Simmons conducted by Claytee D. White, December 13, 2013

Date

2013-12-13

Description

Transcript from interview with George Simmons by Claytee White on December 13, 2013. Simmons talks about how he came to Las Vegas in 1963, and his wife, Eva. Simmons was a designer for Sproul Homes and later worked for Holmes and Narver, an engineering firm. He discusses his education at Texas Southern and the University of Texas.

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Photograph of Betty Hind, Dub McClanahan, and others, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1948

Date

1948 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A large group of people, including Betty Hind and Dub McClanahan, probably at the Thunderbird Hotel, which opened on September 2, 1948. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photographs and clippings from Temple Beth Sholom scrapbook, 1970s-1990s

Date

1948 to 2000

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs and correspondence document the history of Temple Beth Sholom, including the ground breaking and construction of the campus in Summerlin. Also included in this set of images are photographs of Rita Deanin Abbey fabricating the Wall of Creation installation for the Temple on Oakey Boulevard in the 1970s.

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Nevada State Museum

No description.

Corporate Body

O'Farrell, Thomas P.

Thomas P. O’Farrell studied zoology and entomology at the University of Tennessee, where he received his Ph.D. in the 1960s. O’Farrell worked under contract with various institutions such as the Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EG&G, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and the University of Nevada System’s Desert Research Institute (DRI).

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Photograph of the Goldfield Hotel, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Caption: Goldfield Hotel
Site Name: Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Photograph of construction workers outside of the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa March 1963

Date

1963-03

Description

Workers at the construction site of a new tower at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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