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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1971-07-01

Description

p.3 #888 Lower portals of Diversion tunnels No.3 and 4 during flood. Feb. 10, 1932 p.3 #896 Bucyrus Erie 43-B gas-air shovel was the only piece of equipment caught by the flood. Feb. 10, 1932. p.3 #884 Looking across river at lower portal of Diversion Tunnel No.3. Feb 10, 1932 p.3 #897 Looking across river from Arizona side at upper portals of diversion tunnels No.1 and 2. Truck bridge in foreground has been partially washed out. Feb. 10, 1932.

Report on water spreading in Clark County, Nevada as a means of controlling floods, May 9, 1949

Date

1949-05-09

Description

Report on the efficacy of water spreading to disperse flood water in Southern Nevada. Under the immediate Supervision of A. T. Mitchelson, State Project Supervisor. Prepared under the direction of George D. Clyde, Chief, Division of Irrigation and Water Conservation

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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1971-07-01

Description

p.10 #1016 Gantry crane used in pouring concrete in invert section of upper Diversion Tunnel No.3. Mar. 18, 1932. p.10 #1019 View showing method of pouring concrete in invert section of tunnel lining. Mar. 18, 1932. p.10 #1018 view of invert forms in upper Diversion Tunnel No.3 showing method of pouring slabs. Trimming jumbo for aligning gauge of tunnels in background. Mar. 18, 1932. p.10 #1020 First 40 foot slab of concrete poured in lining diversion tunnels. Mar. 18, 1932.