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Contract synposis between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and Las Vegas Land and Water Company regarding the water supply, March 30, 1929
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Archival Collection
Description
Contract for the railroad to supply water to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Contract Audit Number 7322 by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
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Photograph of Boulder Highway looking southeast towards Railroad Pass, 1931
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Archival Collection
Description
Boulder Highway looking southeast towards Railroad Pass.
Transcribed Notes: Notes from photo sleeve: "Boulder (Nevada) Highway in the vicinity of what is now East Las Vegas. The view is looking south toward Railroad Pass. (early 1931)"
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Purchase offer from Las Vegas Valley Water District to Union Pacific Railroad Company, Salt Lake Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company, October 15, 1952
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Archival Collection
Description
$2,500,000.00 offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase all water production lands and facilities, with exceptions noted that were owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and subsidiaries.
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Grant of easement, Las Vegas Valley Water District, regarding railroad property, circa 1953
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Archival Collection
Description
Grant of easement for the Las Vegas Valley Water District across railroad property.
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Bill from Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, May 24, 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Bill tendered by the Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for rental of water and facilities
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Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Selected pages from a photographic record book of the damage to the main rail line from California to Utah from a 1938 storm. Text accompanying photos include description of track location.
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Report, Estimated cost of reproduction new and less depreciation of water facilities owned by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, July 16, 1951
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Archival Collection
Description
Detailed cost and construction material lists for all water production and transmission facilities owned by owned by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and formerly owned by 14th Street Water Company and Merlin Water Company as of December 31, 1950.
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Memo from H. H. Larson to Union Pacific Railroad Company employees about water conservation, February 13, 1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Notice to all railroad employees of the importance of conserving water as much as possible.
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Photograph of flooding at the Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass in Las Vegas, circa 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Flooding at the Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass in Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Clark Underpass, Built 1924"
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Photograph of a Union Pacific Railroad crew dismantling the St. Thomas rail spur, Nevada, circa 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
The Union Pacific Railroad sends a wrecking crew into the St. Thomas area to reclaim several miles of branch line.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Even the Union Pacific Railway hurriedly sends a wrecking crew into the area to reclaim several miles of branch line that would otherwise wind up along the lake bottom."
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