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'Copyright 1929, C.D. Baker, civil engineer. Drawn by R.C. Kenmir.' Includes inset sketch showing general location of Las Vegas, Nev. Relief shown pictorially on inset map.
2024-11-01
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'Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Office of Vice President, Los Angeles, California, June 3, 1952.' 'Dwg. I-128.' Also shows location of land area proposed to be sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District....
1952-06-03
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'Date: August 1, 1952. Approved, Thomas A. Campbell, Pres.'
1952-08-01
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'Compiled by C.D. Baker, Civil Engineer, State Water Right Surveyor, Mineral Surveyor, Gen. Land Office, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Oct. 1, 1940.' Yellow lines show boundary of the proposed water district; green lines show boundary of the...
1940-10-01
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Hand-drawn map of St. Thomas, Nevada (ca. 1914-1932) which was abandoned in 1933 due to the construction of Hoover Dam and is now covered by Lake Mead, as remembered by Merle Frehner (a former resident of St.Thomas). Buildings and residences on...
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Photo shows one man sitting at a table signing a document while several men standing behind him observe. The men are identified, left to right, as Charles P. "Pop" Squires; P.W. Dent, Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation; Mayor Fred Hesse;...
1931-04-01
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Aerial view of Black Canyon, prior to construction of Hoover Dam, showing a row of buildings in the distance.
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View of the Colorado River above Black Canyon prior to the construction of Hoover Dam.
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Photo shows, left to right, Governor Balzar of Nevada; Carl Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.; Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior; Governor of Colorado [not named]; in front of crowd outdoors. Gray is handing Lyman the...
2024-11-01
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Blasting in Black Canyon for construction. Construction equiqment can be seen along side the Colorado River.
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Frank Crowe, Supt. of Constructon for the Six Companies, standing with five unidentified men at the Hoover Dam construction site.
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This view shows the swing shift ready to leave from Dormitory No. 2 in Boulder City. Shows the dormitory and transport buses loaded with construction workers.
1931-11-07
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Representatives of the Colorado River Commission, left to right,unknown, Dr. Roy Martin, Walker Young, Ed Clark, and C.P. "Pop" Squires.
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Group of men view the spectacular panorama of the construction site of Hoover Dam from Lookout Point.
1932-04-01
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Night view looking upstream. A spectacular sight with its myriads of lights. Shows lighted bridges across the canyon above the Colorado River.
1932-04-08
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Viewpoint of dam construction from below the lower portals of the diversion tunnels. Muck disposal road shown on both sides of the river. Some trucks are visible in the foreground.
1932-01-19
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Interior of the main batching and mixer control station, low-level concrete mixing plant. The operator at this station controls the charging of all aggregates, cement and water into two mixers and also controls discharge of the mixers.
1932-02-17
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Construction of sedimentation tank in the desert for gravel plant.
2024-11-01
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Construction workers digging diversion tunnels using construction equipment.
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Government and Six Companies officials inspecting the Nevada Spillway. Reading from left to right: Norman S. Gallison, H.J. Lawler, Walker R. Young, Charles A. Shea, E.O. Wattis, Dr. Elwood Mead, Frank T. Crowe, R.F. Walter and W.A. Bechtel.
1932-02-09
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Sunset on the Colorado River looking downstream from the railroad bridge.
1932-02-10
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View of a mixing plant with agitators mounted on White trucks. Looking upstream.
1932-03-08
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Shows machine shop and warehouses, surrounded by material storage yards. There is also a train in the picture.
1932-03-11
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Shows men working on heavy machines in a Six companies, Inc. machine shop.
1932-03-11
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