Construction of a water tank in Boulder City by the Clearfire Water Company.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve: 'Hill leveled with dynamite before building tank - Clearfire Water Co. Water came into booster plant from river. Dumps at river were on inclined steel rails and went up and down with water level. Then went from booster plant to clarification station, then on to this storage tank.' (W.A. Davis)
Petroglyphs in the Boulder City Dry Fall Area. The exact location is unknown, but the location is possibly in Keyhole Canyon. Petroglyphs are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petro-, theme of the word "petra" meaning "stone", and glyphein meaning "to carve", and was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe. The term petroglyph should not be confused with petrograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art or parietal art. Petroforms, or patterns and shapes made by many large rocks and boulders over the ground, are also quite different. Inukshuks are also uni
Ann Gleason, left, and an unidentified woman, right, standing next to a model of the Boulder City and the Chamber of Commerce in Boulder City, Nevada. Individual Creator credit goes to W. D. Knighton Photo in Boulder City, Nevada.
Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
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View looking north from the corner of Allen Avenue and Merlayne Drive showing saturated areas
Transcribed Notes: Notes from attached sheet: View looking north from the corner of Allen Avenue and Merlayne Drive showing saturated areas. Midway City.