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Photograph of boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1933-1935
Date
1933 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing the downstream face of the dam from the Nevada Highway as a railroad boxcar is lowered by cables at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.
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Photograph of boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1933-1935
Date
1933 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing the downstream face of the dam as a railroad boxcar is lowered by cables at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.
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Photograph of boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam coffer dam, circa 1934-1935
Date
1934 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
View from above of a boxcar being lowered into the nearly completed Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
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Photograph of a ground-level view of the back side of Hoover Dam and water towers, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
A label at the bottom of the photo: "1936 ground level view of back side of dam showing full height of water towers."
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Film transparency of people at the Black Canyon Hoover Dam site, June 23, 1939
Date
1939-06-23
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Visit of Secretary Wilbur and party to Black Canyon Damsite. Party at St. Thomas, Nevada.
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Leroy Burt discusses the diversion tunnels at Hoover Dam: interview video clip
Date
Unknown year
Description
Leroy Burt, in an interview with Dennis McBride, discusses the diversion tunnels
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Postcard of a Union Pacific Railroad train, during Hoover Dam construction, late 1920s - early 1930s
Date
1925 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A Union Pacific Railroad train as a part of the construction for Hoover Dam. The front of the card reads: "First train in railroad pass, Boulder Dam Project, Oakes." Description given with postcard: "SP, LA & SL (UPRR) locomotive 6082 in Railroad Pass. Maybe spreading ballast on track."
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Film transparency of lower canyon diversion tunnels, Hoover Dam, March 28, 1933
Date
1933-03-28
Archival Collection
Description
A view of lower canyon diversion tunnels from the base of the dam.
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Photograph of Lake Mead near Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona border, March 4, 2009
Date
2009-03-04
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "Upstream view of Lake Mead near the dam. Decades of evaporation and low water levels have created mineral deposits, which appear as white banding around the reservoir."
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Low-level mixing plant during the construction of Hoover Dam in Arizona: photographic print
Date
1932 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Looking upstream at the low-level mixing plant.
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