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Photograph of construction, Hoover Dam, November 18, 1932
Date
1932-11-18
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam under construction. This view is looking down into the upper cofferdam area from the rim of the Arizona side of Black Canyon. Also visible are a temporary earth diversion dam and steel sheet piling extending out from the Nevada abutment and marking the upstream toe of the cofferdam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Six Companies office building, Boulder City, Nevada, June 1, 1931
Date
1931-06-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Six Companies, Inc. office building on the left and a dormitory on the right.
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Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, March 21, 1984
Date
1984-03-21
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam and its power plant.
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Photograph of Nevada spillway, Hoover Dam, circa 1983
Date
1982 to 1984
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the spillway on the Nevada side of Hoover Dam. This view shows the spillway running at peak capacity of 13, 944 cubic feet per second and 4.5 feet above spillways gates.
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Photograph of Colorado River, Hoover Dam, May 15, 1975
Date
1975-05-15
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam, Colorado River and Lake Mead.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, August 8, 1967
Date
1967-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam. A rare view of Hoover Dam against a cloud pattern in a desert sky that is usually clear. The world-famous dam, completed by the Bureau of Reclamation, conquered the Colorado River for the first time in history. The dam, spanning the river between Nevada and Arizona, provides all of Reclamation's multipurpose benefits: flood protection, river control, water storage and conservation for irrigation; municipal and industrial uses; generation of low-cost hydroelectric energy; enhancement of navigation; recreation; and fish and wildlife protection.
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Photograph of Colorado River, Hoover Dam, July 28, 1983
Date
1983-07-28
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white aerial view looking upstream at Hoover Dam and Lake Mead and showing the white water of the Colorado River gushing out of the spillway tunnel outlets.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam at night, April 20, 1966
Date
1966-04-20
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam at night. Seventy-eight floodlights on top of the central section of the power plant project 93,500 watts on the face of the dam.
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Photograph of powerhouse, Hoover Dam, circa 1982
Date
1981 to 1983
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the top of Hoover Dam's Nevada powerhouse. A total of 17 generators have a nameplate capacity of 1,344,800 kilowatts.
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Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of the generators inside the power plant at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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