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Shows the Nevada intake towers during construction. Taken from the Arizona side of the Hoover Dam site, hoisting equipment, a train trestle, a temporary stariway up the side of the canyon and concrete forms are visible. In the upper right corner...
1934-03-24
View of the Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. The partially finished dam face can be seen on the right, with concrete pouring forms and other construction equipment. Construction of the Nevada...
1934-02-20
Close-up of scaffolding and construction on one of the power houses in the Hoover Dam construction site. Sections of pipe and other construction equipment can be seen on the ground in the foreground.
1934-03-28
View of construction on the downstream face of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. Scaffolding, ladders, concrete pouring forms and other construction equipment are seen at the site.
1933-12-27
View from donwstream on the Arizona side of the Colorado River of concrete pouring construction on Hoover Dam. Construction workers are seen amid multiple concrete pouring forms and scaffolding. A suspended concrete pouring bucket is seen in the...
1934-01-24
View of the Hoover Dam construction site from high above the canyon. The Colorado River is visible above the dam site. A cable spans the canyon, there is a train winding along the canyon wall, and construction roads are visible. Some buildings...
1933-11-07
Two construction workers stand at what appears to be an entrance to a tunnel in Black (not Boulder) Canyon. Cables are visible above the men.
2024-04-28
A view of the Colorado River flowing through Black Canyon. In the forground are construction workers standing on a wooden trestle that is built along side the canyon wall. The workers appear to be dumping dirt from the trestle into the river....
2024-04-28
Shows close-up of Hoover Dam cooling tower and refrigeration plant during construction. Photo was taken looking downstream. Buildings and structures and cables are in the photo. Includes the caption, "Telephoto view of Boulder Dam, cooling tower...
1933-09-14
Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site in Black Canyon showing multiple concrete pouring forms. Various trucks and vehicles are seen on the canyon floor and a temporary railway bench is seen on the cliff wall on the left side. The...
1933-08-15
Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site in Black Canyon showing multiple concrete pouring forms in front of a cofferdam. Draglines and trucks can be seen on the canyon floor, and overhead cableways carry cargo across the site.
1933-06-27
Shows construction equipment, a boat, and various structures. Location is a rocky outcrop in Black Canyon (not Boulder Canyon) on the bank of the Colorado River.
2024-04-28
View of construction on the highways which will cross the top of the dam in Black Canyon. A rubble stone masonry retaining wall is in place.
1932-03-02
A stranded gas-air shovel is seen standing in the flooding of the Colorado River riverbed during construction on Hoover Dam. The mouth of one of the diversion tunnels is seen in the canyon wall in the background. Other construction equipment lies...
1932-02-10
View of the Hoover Dam construction site within Black Canyon from the downstream side of the Colorado River. The mouths of the diversion tunnels are seen in the foreground and the dam wall is nearly complete. Construction equipment, buildings...

View of Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream. Above the site is the Colorado River. There are concrete forms, construction buildings, hoisting machinery, and a cable high above the Black Canyon in the picture. There is also a train...
1933-09-22
View of concrete pouring bucket suspended over railroad flat car.

Construction workers stand outside a Union Pacific Streamline train at the dam site. Workers continue work on pouring concrete into forms on the top of the dam wall. Scaffolding supports workers working on the face of the dam wall. A section of...

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.

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
Upstream view of Black Canyon and the Colorado River from the Hoover Dam construction site. A temporary dirt road is seen on the left side of the canyon floor, along with some scaffolding. Stray lumber is floating by the river's edge.

Photo shows one man sitting at a table signing a document while several men standing behind him observe. The men are identified, left to right, as Charles P. "Pop" Squires; P.W. Dent, Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation; Mayor Fred Hesse;...
1931-04-01
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.
2024-04-28
Two nearly identical views, side-by-side, of the downstream face of the dam after it was completed. A road is visible leading up to the dam and across the top with cars on the road and parked along the edge of the road on the dam's crest. The...

Night view of the construction of Hoover Dam. This postcard, published by Frasher's, Inc., shows the downstream face of the dam with the concrete pouring forms. Buildings and structures are visible on the floor of the canyon. Cables are...

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