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Two identical views of the downstream face of Hoover Dam after completion. Cars are parked at a scenic overlook near the dam. The intake towers are visible behind the dam and a portion of the reservoir (Lake Mead) can be seen.
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View taken far away of Hoover Dam. Very little detail is visible but shows the terrain and mountains surrounding the dam.
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Pamphlet discussing whether or not Hoover Dam should be built and the allocation of Colorado River water and of the power that the dam would produce. Contains several maps.
2024-04-18
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Pamphlet discussing artesian wells and agriculture in Las vegas in the esrly 20th century. Includes illustrations.
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Discusses the Boulder Canyon Dam Project (Hoover Dam) and the plan to bring water from the Colorado River to the fifteen cities of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California by means of the Metropolitan Aqueduct. Includes illustrations...
1931-07-01
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Discussion of a Congressional bill to build Boulder Canyon Dam (Hoover Dam) and the All-American Canal to bring water from the Colorado River to the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in southern California. Includes illustrations and map. From the...
2024-04-18
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Discussion of the proposals in Congress to create Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Includes maps and illustrations.
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Views of the site where Hoover Dam was constructed, and views of the city of Las Vegas just before the time period when the dam was constructed.
2024-04-18
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Discusses possible uses of the Colorado River for water supply, irrigation, and power. Also discusses flood control on the Colorado. Recommends a comprehensive plan for development. Reprinted from Transactions, American Society of Civil...
2024-04-18
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Arguments for and against the building of the Boulder Canyon Dam. Inlcudes map of the proposed area for the development in the U.S. southwest.
2024-04-18
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Speech of Hon. Geo. H. Dern, governor of Utah -- Speech of U.S. Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada -- Resolution adopted by the conference requesting the President of the United States to notify Mexico that the water of the Colorado River is reserved...
2024-04-18
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Booklet extols the benefits of moving to Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada to farm and to live in the early decades of the 20th century. Contains black & white photos of farms, orchards, wells, Mt. Charleston, Fremont Street and buildings in Las...
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Outlines the proposed uses for water from the Colorado River for the states of California and Nevada.
2024-04-18
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Primarly charts and tables showing how the building of Boulder Dam will pay for itself in power usage in Southern California. Predicts on population growth in the area. Includes a letter from the publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner.
2024-04-18
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Discussion on "a bill to provide for the protection and development of the Lower Colorado River Basin"; includes arguments regarding oil use and sustainability.
2024-04-18
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84 x 43 cm. "Map no. 423-300-59." Insets: [Salton Sea]--Operational diagram, no scale. Includes index to gaging stations. Shows dams, canals, levees, pumping plants, etc. "Map compiled from Coast and Geodetic Survey sectional aeronautical charts,...
1973-06-01
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37 x 49 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Atlas sheet no. 61(C)." "Expeditions of 1874 & 1875 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." "Louis Nell, del." "By order of the honorable the...
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38 x 49 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Atlas sheet no. 61(D)." "Issued Jan. 10th 1878." "Expeditions of 1873, 74, 75 & 76 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." Prime meridians:...
1878-01-10
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31 x 40 cm. "8-1-45. Ness." and "116951" in lower right corner. Shows reclamation projects in operation, under construction, authorized and under study in Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and California. "Department of the Interior,...
1945-08-01
2024-04-18 |
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46 x 65 cm. "IAPG guide book #7. General plate #1." "April 15, 1952." Includes bibliographic references and index of drilled wells Includes township and range grid. "Drawn by Oscar Baide, Jack Harde." "Compiled by I.A.P.G. under direction of L.F....
1952-04-15
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Compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department. Chiefly for Military purposes under the authority of Honorable J.B. Floyd, Secretary of War, 1860. 42 x 69 cm. Shows towns, wagon roads, explorers' routes, railroads, forts,...
1860-04-18
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85 x 58 cm. "Available from the University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Scale 1:240,000"--inapplicable due to reproduction. Originally published to accompany...
2024-04-18
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50 x 70 cm. Blue-line print. Shows Arizona, western New Mexico, southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, and southern California. Also shows irrigation projects constructed and under construction. "Oct. 30, 1945. Rev. 2-14-46." "Drawn and traced by F....
1945-10-30
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