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Photograph of construction on Hoover Dam diversion tunnel, circa 1932
Date
1932
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing the beginning wood base for the cylinder (tunnel surface) of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam diversion tunnel.
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Postcard of loaded box car, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An artists' color rendering of the lowering of a loaded boxcar on the downstream side of Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
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Photograph of a turbine, Hoover Dam, 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
The inside of the turbine room in the Hoover Dam in the early 1930s. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of the newly constructed Hoover Dam, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the finished Hoover Dam and Lake Mead nearly full. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Hoover Dam album, image 022
Date
1931 to 1936
Description
Lowering 180-ton section of Penstock Pipe, Boulder Dam, 1931-1936
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Photograph of equipment at Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Equipment at Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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Photograph of construction of Hoover Dam, 1934
Date
1934-01
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph taken by John McCreary of the side wall of the Hoover Dam under construction, January 1934.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
The upstream face of Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of Parker Dam, circa 1938-1940s
Date
1938 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Parker Dam on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Parker Dam is commonly referred to as "the deepest dam in the world" because 73% of the dam's structural height is positioned below the original river bed. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard of downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa 1934-1935
Date
1934 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Retouched photo of Hoover Dam. Commemorative stamps on back, postmarked September 30, 1935.
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