R-L: L. J. Hudlow, Project Manager of the Boulder Canyon Project; Miss Endang Sulbi Sastrodiredjo, Chief, Department of Overseas Information (Ministry of Information) from Djakarta, Indonesia. She is touring the U.S. under the auspices of the State Department.
Unidentified man holding a stud bolt used in coupling the generator turbine shaft to the impeller runner. Eighteen bolts used altogether, 24 ¾" long, 150 lbs. (May 24, 1944.)
Boulder Canyon Project - NV. Region 3. Lack of water has driven a farmer from his home in Detrital Wash, located in Arizona about 50 miles from Boulder Dam. (3-18-47) (Bureau of Reclamation Photo by Wm. S. Russell.)
Father with two small children. "Many hardships were endured as people lived on scant rations while waiting for an opportunity to work on Hoover Dam." Circa 1930-1931. (Bureau of Reclamation Photo by W. A. Davis)
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (then known as U.S. Reclamation Service) bridge at Laguna Dam on the Colorado River - constructed 1906-1907. Inscription reads "The swastikas were the emblem of the early Reclamation Service." (photo by Dennis McBride, April 1983.)