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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, 1931

Date

1931

Description

The Lewis Construction Company drilling railroad tunnels made of U.S. Construction Railroad to the Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada.

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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, January 30, 1953

Date

1953-01-30

Archival Collection

Description

If the bond issue failed, the public might try and force the railroad to increase water production, so the company should consider transferring all water production to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company who was in a better position to resist "unreasonable demands." "Copy" and "80-12" written in red pencil. Letter has several date stamps: E.E.B., E.C.R. and U.P. R.R. Co., Los Angeles.

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Photograph of Mary Toleno, Nevada, 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Description

A picture of Mary Toleno posing inside the Virginia Truckee Railroad cart.

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Photograph of boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1933-1935

Date

1933 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing the downstream face of the dam from the Nevada Highway as a railroad boxcar is lowered by cables at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.

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Photograph of a train, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950

Date

1930 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified railroad car passes though Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950

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Telegram from C. C. Larkin (Salt Lake City) to G. A. Cunningham (Salt Lake City), April 30, 1959

Date

1956-04-30

Archival Collection

Description

Larkin had discovered that some people and businesses between Las Vegas and Lake Mead were being supplied with water from the railroad shop well. They needed to be advised that they now needed to make arrangements with the water district for their water.

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Telegram from Leo A. McNamee to A .S. Halsted, July 6, 1922

Date

1922-07-06

Archival Collection

Description

Message concerns keeping strikers off railroad property.

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Telegram from G. A. Cunningham (Salt Lake City) to V. W. Smith (Los Angeles) and C. C. Larkin (Salt Lake City), May 4, 1959

Date

1959-05-04

Archival Collection

Description

The water district waived the restriction on the railroad furnishing Las Vegas residents from their shop well until they had the capacity to do so themselves, and Cunningham advised that this arrangement continue as long as needed.

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Photograph of SD45 locomotives with coal drags heading to California from Las Vegas, circa mid 1960s

Date

1965 to 1968

Description

A black and white image taken from a tower of SD45 locomotives leading a coal drag heading to the Con Edison Plant in California.

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Slide of moving train, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A black and white image of a train taken near the Six Companies yard north of Boulder City, heading south. Information from back of photo or photo sleeve states "First passenger train entering Boulder City," however, the train is going in the wrong direction.

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