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Close-up of one of the spillways at Hoover Dam. Transmission towers are visible on the mountains above the spillway.
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Close-up view of the power houses at Hoover Dam. Water is trickling from the outlet works and a portion of the upstream face of the dam is visible. The valve house on the Arizona side is shown.
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View of the power house at Hoover Dam during construction. This photo was taken from above, looking down on the power house. A crane is lowering a piece of equipment to the cofferdam. Cables, trucks, and construction equipment can be seen.
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Close-up view of one of the spillways at Hoover Dam after its completion. Photo is taken from the mountain looking down so that the inside of the spillway is clearly visible.
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Panoramic view of Hoover Dam and surrounding area. The photo is looking down towards the intake towers and the crest of the dam. The mountains and roads in the background can be seen. Cars are visible on the road across the top of the dam.
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View of the intake towers and crest of Hoover Dam, taken from the side, looking down. Cars are parked on the road which crosses the dam and the roads and mountains are visible in the background.
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View of the top of the dam from the Arizona side. Intake towers are observed on the Arizona and on the Nevada side. The reservoir (Lake Mead)is more than two-thirds filled with water. Automobiles are seen on the road across the top of the dam.
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View of the top of the dam from the Arizona side. There are automobiles on the road across the top of the dam. Intake towers are in the forground and also in the background. The water in the reservoir (Lake Mead) is over two- thirds full. A road...
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This view of the dam is from the Nevada upstream side. The road across the top of the dam is filled with automobiles. In the foreground is a block fence. The intake towers are on the left.
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The intake towers stand in the middle of the photo. The level of the rising water is over two-thirds full. The spillway on the Nevada side is in the foreground. The spillway on the Arizona side is in the background. The top of the dam is visible...
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The intake towers are in the middle of the photo. A portion of the Nevada spillway is visible in the foreground. A road on top of the dam is filled with automobiles crossing from one side to the other. In the background is the roadway leading...
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View of the dam and intake towers. A road is visible leading across the top of the dam. Several automobiles are crossing from one side to the other. A spillway is in the lower left of the photograph. An unpaved road is in the lower portion of the...
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Shows Lake Mead with the tops of rocks sticking up in the lake and mountains in the distance. There is a scenic overlook in the foreground with a plaque on a stone post. There is a stone wall between the overlook and the lake.
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View of Lake Mead looking upstream from the dam with Fortification Hill in the background. There is a power boat on the lake coming toward the camera.
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Emery Falls in the Grand Canyon along the shore of Lake Mead. A power boat is moving on the lake parallel to the shore. Several men are standing on the deck of the boat.
2024-05-15
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Emery Falls in the Grand Canyon on the shore of Lake Mead. Rugged canyon walls tower above the falls.
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Rugged canyon walls along the shore of Lake Mead on the lower end of the Grand Canyon.
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Rugged canyon walls along the shore of Lake Mead on the lower end of the Grand Canyon.
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Rugged canyon walls along the shore of Lake Mead on the lower end of the Grand Canyon.
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Rugged canyon walls along the shore of Lake Mead on the lower end of the Grand Canyon.
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Rugged canyon walls along the shore of Lake Mead on the lower end of the Grand Canyon. A power boat with a person standing on it and several other people sitting onboard is on the lake coming toward the camera.
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Rugged canyon walls along the shore of Lake Mead near the lower end of the Grand Canyon. A power boat is on the lake coming toward the camera.
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Night view of Hoover Dam during construction. The power houses, concrete forms, and upstream face of the dam are illuminated by electric lighting.
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