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Looking up the Colorado River toward the downstrewam face of the Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic print
Date
1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). The powerhouse is the U-shaped structure at the toe of the dam. As the river is the state line, the left wing of the powerhouse (containing 8 generating units) is in Nevada, while the right wing of the powerhouse (containing 9 generating units) is in Arizona. The central section of the powerplant houses control rooms, work shops, and offices. The reservoir above the dam is named Lake Mead.
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Film transparency of construction of bridge across the Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the construction of a bridge across the Colorado River.
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Composite: Baker, California service station on the west Side of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad track; Death Valley; Hoover Dam, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. The top photo, a composite, was taken about 1928, when R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks first moved to Baker and established a service station on the west Side of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad tracks. Photo on the bottom left Shows Death Valley; on the right is a photo of Hoover Dam.
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Film transparency of workers and equipment inside Hoover Dam diversion tunnel, October 30, 1933
Date
1933-10-30
Archival Collection
Description
An image of workers with a steam shovel and dump truck inside a diversion tunnel.
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Slide of Ray Wilbur driving a railroad spike and signaling the beginning on construction on the Hoover Dam, Nevada, September 19, 1930
Date
1930-09-19
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of Secretary of the Interior, Ray Lyman Wilbur driving the last spike into the railroad from Las Vegas to the site of the Hoover Dam, signaling the beginning of construction. Also in the photograph are the following: Congressman William Eaton, of Colorado; Senator Key Pittman, Nevada; and Senator Samuel Shortridge. The celebration took place either at Boulder Junction (south of Las Vegas) or in Boulder City.
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People line the observation platform along the Arizona spillway as seen with the intake towers in the background, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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People line the observation platform along the Arizona spillway as seen with the intake towers in the background, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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People make their way through the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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People make their way through the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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People make their way through the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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