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Shows the construction of the Nevada intake towers, taken from the Arizona side of the canyon. Trestles, cables, hosting equipment and temprary bridges are visible. Below the towers there is a temporary railroad.
1934-05-29
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Shows interior of a power house under construction. A construction worker is visible between the reinforcing steel and pipes.
1934-04-25
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General view of the construction of Hoover Dam, looking upstream. The power houses are being built in this phase. A cableway spans the canyon carrying a tram across. There are several buildings, construction workers, and trucks visible....
1934-04-28
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Close-up view of a power house under construction at Hoover Dam. Shows concrete pouring forms and the pouring arrangement. There is a construction building and a construction worker in the lower left corner.
1934-04-25
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General view of the Himix and cement blending plants. A train and aggregate bins are visible above on the side of the canyon.
1934-04-17
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Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site in Black Canyon. Construction on the intake towers is seen in the canyon walls behind the dam face and construction on the power houses is seen in the river bed in the foreground. Cables crossing the...
1934-07-31
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Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site, looking downstream on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Construction on the intake towers on both sides of the dam face is shown. The top of the dam face is covered with concrete pouring forms....
1934-07-24
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Close-up of construction on the no. 3 Arizona intake tower. Steel framework and rods protrude from the top of the tower.
1934-07-24
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Close-up of construction on the Arizona intake towers.
1934-07-24
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View of the Hoover Dam construction site in Black Canyon from the downstream cofferdam. Construction on one of the Nevada intake towers can be seen behind the concrete dam face. Framework and concrete pouring forms are seen on construction on the...
1934-07-24
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View of construction on the Nevada power house. Framework and concrete pouring forms cover the site. Penstock tunnel openings are visible in the canyon wall in the background. Construction equipment, vehicles, temporary buildings and construction...
1934-07-20
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View of construction on the Nevada power house in the downstream cofferdam in the Hoover Dam construction site. Framework and concrete pouring forms cover the powerhouse site. Unfinished penstock tunnel openings are seen in the bottom of the...
1934-07-24
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View of construction on the Arizona power house. Framework and concrete pouring forms cover the powerhouse site. The dam face is seen in the background. Construction workers and equipment, vehicles and temporary buildings are seen in the...
1934-07-24
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Close-up of the partially-completed construction on the Arizona spillway.
1934-07-24
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View of construction on and around the partially-completed Nevada spillway. Construction workers can be seen working on the cylinder gates in the middle of the spillway. An electric dragline is seen on a trestle near the bottom of the spillway.
1934-07-20
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Construction workers supervise the lifting of a 30-foot section of penstock pipe from a trailer by a cableway in the Hoover Dam construction site.
1934-07-20
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Hoover Dam construction workers observe as Six Companies officials stand in the construction site by a concrete pouring bucket which bears a sign reading: "United States Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Project. Pouring 2nd...
1934-06-02
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Aerial view of construction on the top of the Hovoer Dam. Construction workers watch as a concrete pouring bucket, seen on the left side of the picture, is hoisted over the site. The Arizona intake towers are visible in the background.
1934-06-22
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Two construction workers standing on a suspended scaffold work on the drum gates on the Arizona spillway.
1934-06-21
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View of construction on the Nevada spillway in Black Canyon. An electric dragline is seen on a trestle in front of the spillway.
1934-06-21
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Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site taken from downstream on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Construction on the Nevada and Arizona power houses is shown in the foreground in the cofferdam. Concrete pouring forms cover the top of...
1934-06-16
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Close-up of framework inside the unfinished opening of a penstock tunnel. Construction workers can be seen in the foreground on what appears to be a transportation track.
1934-06-21
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View of construction on the Arizona spillway in Black Canyon. An electric dragline can be seen at the top left of the dirt road above the spillway. Construction on one of the penstock tunnels can be seen inside the spillway.
1934-09-27
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View of construction workers on framework inside the no. 4 penstock tunnel portal during construction of Hoover Dam.
1934-09-27
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View from the Arizona side of the Hoover Dam construction site of work on the four intake towers. Steel framework rises from the top of each intake tower. Part of the Nevada spillway is seen in the upper right. Construction workers can be seen at...
1934-09-27
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