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Photograph of pump station, Hoover Dam, circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
View of inside of pump station at lower batch plant.
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Photograph of mixing plant, Hoover Dam, circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
View of the control room in mixing plant where all concrete is mixed for diversion tunnels. A complete record is made by graph of each batch of concrete mixed. ""Scales for meadsuring mixing components. - W.A. Davis.""
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Photograph of water treatment plant, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1931
Date
1930 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
Interior of water treatment plant, including machinery at the plant.
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Photograph of railroad, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Portion of railroad leading to Hoover [Boulder] Dam. Workers can be seen in the background, with wheelbarrows and various materials in the foreground.
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Photograph of railroad materials, Hoover Dam, circa 1931
Date
1930 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
Railroad materials on road, Fortification Hill in background. Truck-Nevada Transportation Co., owned by Shorty Griffith. Note on back: "Truck delivered dynamite and blasting powder. Looking south toward Hemenway Wash. Fortification Hill is behind photographer to the right side. Unloaded boxes of powder to the right. - W.A. Davis."
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Photograph of railroad car, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Workers surrounding railroad car on end of track. Note: Crane lifted rails but men carried ties.
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Photograph of dump trucks, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Trucks dumping muck into railroad cars. Note on back: "Canyon wall has already been cleared by high scalers. - W. A. Davis."
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Photograph overlooking stream, Hoover Dam, circa 1932.
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial photo looking upstream before coffer dam was started; diversion tunnels cut and suspension foot bridge completed. Lower catwalk was four feet wide for personnel traffic only. 600 ft. ladder at end went up canyon wall in 40 ft. sections. "First bridge built in the lower canyon. - W.A. Davis, 1992"
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Photograph of rock blasting, Hoover Dam, circa 1931
Date
1930 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
Blasting rock upstream of Dam site. Note suspension foot bridge and larger, small truck bridge. Note on back: "Two men were blown up at this spot the day Wint took this photo - James J. Hester, son-in-law of W. A. 'Wint' Davis."
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Photograph of suspension bridge, Hoover Dam, November 7, 1931.
Date
1931-11-07
Archival Collection
Description
Close-up image of suspension bridge across Colorado River at Hoover Dam site, Nov. 7, 1931.
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