From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Written on the back it says, "It required this number of electricians and more (those on shift were not able to appear in the picture), to complete the electrical work on Hoover Powerplant. Ralph Lowry, fourth form the left in the front row, was in charge of all the work in the powerplant, and on his left his Wilbur (Slim) Handley, chief electrician, and next to last in the back row on the right is Morgan J. Sweeney, who provide this picture."

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Director of Power L.R.Douglass, of the Bureau of Reclamation's Boulder Canyon project, presents Harvey W. Boyce, his promotion from apprentice to journeyman electrician in a ceremony in the Nevada wing of the Hoover Dam Powerplant on April 16, 1951. A few moments earlier Mr. Boyce had received his certificateof Completion of Apprenticeship for Electrician from John H. Phillips, third from left. Mr. Phillips, an amature-winder at Hoover Dsam, is a member of teh apprenticeship committee of which M. H. Mitchell, Regional Personal Officer, second from left, is chairman. Mr. Boyce was the first Bureau of Reclamation employee to complete the apprenticeship course. The Boulder Canyon Project was the first throughout the Bureau to establish the apprenticeship training program. Left to right are Lloyd Hudlow, Assistant Director of Power, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Phillips, Steve Wenta, cabinet maker and finish carpenter and a member of the apprenticeship committee, Mr. Boyce, Mr. Douglass, and Morgan J. Sweeney, construction and maintenance Superintendent, Boulder Canyon Project.

From the Emily Higby Powell Photograph Album (PH-00114)