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Frigidaire drinking water and water-cooling plant at compressor plant Number 2, Arizona side of Black Canyon: photographic print, 1931 August 09

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Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

The Effects of Increased Ground-Water Pumping in the Muddy River Springs Area on Water Levels in Nearby Carbonate-Rock Wells, 2004 July 12

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Jeff Van Ee Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00470
Collection Name: Jeff Van Ee Papers
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption for September 1941 and September 1942, October 8, 1942

Date

1942-10-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in September 1941 and 1942.

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Photograph of water flowing from a pump, Hank Record Ranch, Nevada, 1979

Date

1979

Description

Water flowing from a pump in the Amargosa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Water flowing from a pump located on the property of Hank Records, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, about 1979. the view is toward the west."

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Photograph of Las Vegas Water Board, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

The Las Vegas Water Board, L-R: Miller, Chief of Police, Tom Campbell (Campbell Realty), Otto Underhill (Coca Cola), Jim Cashman, Sr., Victor Shurtliff, ?, Helen Scott Reed-County Clerk

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Water (Southern Nevada Water Project). Contains correspondence, press releases, booklets, news clippings, reports and memos, 1967 November to 1969 October

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 69 (91st Session)

Archival Component

Report on Las Vegas water situation from C. E. Swann (Rock Springs, Wyoming) to George B. Pryde, May 29, 1936

Date

1936-05-29

Archival Collection

Description

Report on water supply and use in Las Vegas. C. E. Swann, one of the authors of the report was Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Coal Company. The addressee, Mr. George B. Pryde was Vice President of the Union Pacific Coal Company. The coal company was located in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Document includes water consumption data.

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Memo from Oscar W. Bryan to E. E. Bennett about the water appropriation ruling, December 5, 1949

Date

1949-12-05

Archival Collection

Description

Attorney Oscar W. Bryan referring to the state engineer's denial of Jack Wollenzein's application to drill a well. The official ruling is referenced below.

Text

Photograph of men water skiing on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s-1950s

Date

1937 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of two men water skiing from the same boat on Lake Mead.

Image

Photograph of water diversion, Hoover Dam construction site, April 20, 1933

Date

1933-04-20

Archival Collection

Description

An image of trucks loading dirt for water diversion for Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction.

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