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Double Diamond Ranch, Landscape development concept, Roads, pedestrian walks, golf and water features, Creeks and water features
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Newspaper clipping, Water wrangle solution?, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 17, 1944
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Archival Collection
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Lorenzi recommending a pipeline from Lake Mead to supply water to Las Vegas to guarantee future development in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Las Vegas, Nevada - water rate schedule, regulations, and statutes prohibiting meters
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Archival Collection
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Mixed Content
Photograph of groundbreaking ceremony for Southern Nevada Water Project, September 7, 1968
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Archival Collection
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Dynamite explosion breaking ground for the Southern Nevada Water Project, creating the River mountains tunnel.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Shown is the dynamite blast at the inlet portal of River Mountains Tunnel, which officially launched construction of the first stage of the $81 million project. The blast was detonated by U.S. Senator Alan Bible from the speakers stand 1.7 miles away, where the groundbreaking ceremony was held."
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Photograph of water pumps for Hoover Dam construction, circa 1931
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Archival Collection
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Water pumps for the Hoover Dam construction concrete plant, upper batch plant.
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Photograph of Donn Arden's water show, Paris (FRA), 1950s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of boy playing in water, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s
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Archival Collection
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Charts, Comparative statements per capita water consumption, Las Vegas, 1941-1942
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Archival Collection
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Two charts comparing the water consumption in Las Vegas. The handwritten chart documents a ten month period (January-October) in 1941 and 1942. The typewritten chart documents a four month period (January-April) in 1941 and 1942.
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Photograph of Gerald Waters, Harrison, Indiana, circa 1940s to 1960s
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Archival Collection
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County agent project progress report, Domestic water supply for Bunkerville and Mesquite, November 1, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Having been unsuccessful in obtaining reliable domestic water, Bunkerville and Mesquite were beginning an all-out lobbying campaign on various agencies for help.
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