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Night view of the Boulder City Company Store. Cars are parked alongside the store.
1932-04-06
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Construction workers are operating machinery to finish slabs in the invert lining of a diversion tunnel at the Hoover Dam site.
1932-04-11
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Shows the interior of a guest house owned by Six Companies, Inc. The table is set for dinner. Also shows other pieces of furniture and room decorations.
1932-04-10
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This photo shows trucks and equipment used for hauling and pouring concrete to form the invert lining in a diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam. Also shows some construction workers.
1932-04-11
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Shows construction workers on the trimming jumbo which was used to scale the walls of the diversion tunnels and remove projecting rock. The tunnel is at the Hoover Dam construction site.
1932-04-12
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This is a view of a truck loaded with equipment driving across a bridge spanning the Colorado River at Hoover Dam site. Construction workers and equipment are shown on the bank of the river. At the right is an abandoned temporary truck bridge.
1932-04-12
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Shows sedimentation tank on the Colorado River at Hoover Dam that supplies the water for Boulder City.
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Construction workers using construction equipment to drill railroad tunnels.
2024-11-01
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This is a view of the wooden concrete forms used in the construction of Hoover Dam, looking upstream. Buildings and vehicles are visible. The photo was taken from high above the site.
1933-08-15
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Construction workers are operating a power shovel, dumping dirt into a dump truck in a diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam. This is in the early phase of dam construction.
1931-12-08
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Vehicles, men, and construction equipment are visible. This view was taken in the early stages of the construction of Hoover Dam in the bottom of Black Canyon.
1933-06-03
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Photo shows a crane transporting cement mixers pouring the concrete lining in a diversion tunnel for Hoover Dam. Workers and equipment are visible in the interior of the tunnel.
1932-03-23
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View of the beginning of Hoover Dam contruction at the bottom of Black Canyon. Various pieces of equipment, trucks, workers, etc. are visible including a crane suspended above the construction site. The view is from downstream.
1933-06-06
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Construction workers are pouring the first concrete for the foundation of Hoover Dam in the bottom of Black Canyon. Large bucket suspended from a crane is visible as well as the concrete frames for the pour.
1933-06-06
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View from high above the canyon of the early stages of building the wooden forms for pouring the concrete in the construction of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. Vehicles and other equipment can be seen as well as hoisting equipment positioned high on...
1933-06-27
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View of the construction of the foundations of Hoover Dam on the floor of Black Canyon. Various pieces of machinery can be seen as well as a construction building. The view is taken from high above but several construction workers are also visible.
1933-06-21
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This photo shows the construction of the foundation of Hoover Dam on the floor of Black Canyon. Trucks, construction equipment, and cranes can be seen as well as several construction buildings. Photo taken from high above the canyon.
1933-07-22
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Interior view of construction on the Nevada side of the no. 2 diversion tunnel. The tunnel walls are illuminated by electric lights. A truck and workers are seen in the middle of the tunnel floor.
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Interior view of construction on the Nevada side of the no. 2 diversion tunnel. Scaffolding rigged with electric lights is standing on the middle of the tunnel floor.
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View of the mouths of diversion tunnels no. 1 and no. 2. A steel bridge crosses the Colorado River over Black Canyon.
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Construction inside of diversion tunnel no. 4. Steel beams rigged with electric lights frame the walls and ceiling of the tunnel. A construction truck and workers are seen on the tunnel floor. In the distance a gantry crane can be seen.
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Construction inside diversion tunnel no. 4. Steel beams rigged with electric lights frame the tunnel walls and ceiling. A construction truck and workers are seen on the tunnel floor. Two workers are in the foreground.
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Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Cables are suspended across the canyon and a dirt road runs along the canyon floor. Early construction on a penstock tunnel can be seen.
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Two construction workers are seen standing in front of a piece of thirty foot diameter penstock tunnel piping, which is loaded on a wheeled platform.
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View of construction workers buidling wooden forms for concrete pouring on Hoover Dam. The concrete dam wall is partially finished, and framework surrounds the beginning construction of the intake towers.
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