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View of Hoover Dam, looking downstream from the Arizona side. Part of Lake Mead is visible above the dam. Mountains are visible in the background and cars are parked at an observation point overlooking the canyon. Other cars are crossing the...
1935-07-25
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Panoramic view looking upstream toward Hoover Dam reservoir. Mountains are visible in the background.
1935-07-25
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Aerial view of Hoover Dam, looking downstream. Cars are parked at an observation point overlooking the dam. There are roads and mountains in the background. Hoover Dam reservoir (Lake Mead) can be seen above the dam.
1935-07-26
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View of Hoover Dam during construction, showing the power houses. Various buildings and structures are visible as well as concrete forms and hoisting machinery. There is a cable stretched across the canyon.
1935-07-25
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View of the power house and valve houses from the top of the dam. Various buildings and structures can be seen as well as concrete forms. There are construction roads below the dam and a temporary bridge spans the canyon. Some trucks are also...
1935-07-25
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View, looking toward Arizona intake tower control house, of construction workers placing concrete forms for pouring on the bridge. There are workers standing on top of the control house, too. A crane can be seen in the right background of the...
1935-03-25
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View taken from the Arizona side showing the intake towers and upstream face of the dam during construction. Various buildings are visible as well as hoisting machinery and a railroad snaking along the upper canyon. Cables span the canyon to...
1935-03-26
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View looking under the Arizona spillway bridge as it is being constructed. A train car is silhouetted under the bridge and various pieces of construction equipment are visible, including cables, hoisting machinery and scaffolding.
1935-03-26
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A telephoto view of the Arizona spillway during the construction of Hoover Dam. Shows the bridge and control house. Trucks, various buildings, and some construcion workers are visible. Cables are overhead and construction roads snake up the...
1935-03-26
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Telephoto view from above looking into the Nevada spillway. The control house is being formed. There are various buildings and structures and trucks in the picture. Also shows hoisting machinery.
1935-03-25
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Shows the Memorial Day exercises at Hoover Dam during which the plaque commemorating the men who gave their lives in the construction of Hoover Dam was unveiled. There is a crowd of people gathered with others looking over the railing toward the...
1935-05-30
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Shows the dam from the Nevada side. The completed road, parapets, and intake towers are visible. One of the spillways can be seen in the background. There are trucks and people on the new road.
1935-06-01
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Shows construction workers making the final pour in the slot. Several men are working, the others supervising. A truck and cement mixer are visible. In the bakcground a portion of an intake tower can be seen.
1935-05-29
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Shows construction men working on an intake tower and bridge. They are lowering the trashracks into their respective slots. Also shows a crane and hoisting machinery. Cables cross overhead.
1935-05-27
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View of Hoover Dam, looking downstream from the Arizona side. Several buildings and structures are visible as well as an observation point at the left. Shows the intake towers and also Lake Mead (Hoover Dam reservoir). The road leading to the...
1935-05-27
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Aerial view of the downstream side of Hoover Dam showing the intake towers and spillways. Construction equipment, buildings, and roads are visible. There are some cars on the road crossing the dam.
1935-06-01
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Shows consruction equipment used to build the highway through Black Canyon on the Arizona side of the dam. Railroad tracks can be seen alongside the new road with a dragline on the tracks. There are mountains in the background.
1935-05-27
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Shows construction work on the switchyard control circuit tunnel. Various structures are visible, as well as roads, and automobiles. A power shovel is excavating. In the foreground is the power sub-station. The Babcock and Wilcox Company plant...
1935-06-01
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Shows construction workers and equipment on the top of Hoover Dam.. They are building the roadway across the dam. Trams on cableways and intake towers can be seen in the background. A bucket is pouring the roadway on "R" block at elevation 1232.
1935-02-25
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View of Lake Mead and the reservoir area amid the surrounding mountains.
1935-03-04
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Telephoto view of the Arizona valve house under construction, taken from the Nevada side of the canyon. Some buildings and structures as well as cables and railroad tracks are visible.
1935-02-25
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Telephoto view of the Nevada valve house under construction, taken from the Arizona side of the canyon. Railroad tracks, various buildings, and cables are visible on the side of the canyon.
1935-02-25
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Close-up view of the construction of the Arizona intake towers showing forms for the dome of the tower on the left, which is no. 6. Construction workers are on the very tops of the towers doing concrete work. Cables and roads are visible behind...
1935-03-04
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Shows Hoover Dam during construction, looking downstream. The intake towers are nearly finished. Shows dome on one of the intake towers. Roads, buildings and structures, railroad trestles and cableways are visible.
1935-02-25
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Shows construction, looking downsteam into no. 4 raise from the Arizona spillway bridge at Hoover Dam.
1935-02-25
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