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Hoover Dam monument: photographic print
Date
1955
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). The stone monument reads, "A Modern Civil Engineering Wonder of the United States - One of Seven Selected by the Ameircan Society of Civil Engineers, 1955. Nevada-Arizona."
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Hoover Dam transmission lines: blueprint
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of canyon basin just before 'drying up'. Workers are preparing to dry up bottom of canyon.
Image
Photograph of a penstock pipe in an adit, Hoover Dam, 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A section of a penstock pipe arrives at the mouth of an adit leading to the interior of one of the diversion tunnels during the construction of Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of pipes during the Hoover Dam construction, 1934
Date
1934-01
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph taken by John McCreary of pipes by Babcock & Wilcox Co. Plant during the construction of Hoover Dam, January 1934.
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Photograph of excavation, Hoover Dam, March 28, 1932
Date
1932-03-28
Archival Collection
Description
Nevada spillway open cut excavation, as seen from the Arizona side of the river. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Postcard of Hoover Dam tower and lines, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
Transmission tower and lines near Hoover Dam. Caption on top of postcard reads: "Boulder Dam power for Arizona! Towers like this will carry low-cost energy into Arizona when this state follows the example afforded by California and Nevada." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Hoover Dam, approximately 1935-1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00020
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Hoover Dam, approximately 1935-1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00020
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Hoover Dam, approximately 1935-1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00020
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component