Record Details
Looking up Hoover Dam during construction of the diversion tunnels
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Looking up Hoover Dam during construction of the diversion tunnels |
| Creator | Davis, Glenn A. (photographer) |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1931?-1932? |
| Description | Looking upstream on the Colorado River flowing through Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam construction site. Bridges and catwalks are suspended over the river and the newly-dug mouths of the diversion tunnels are seen on both sides of the canyon. Dirt roads, construction equipment, construction plants and buildings are seen in the foreground. |
| Subject | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.); Bridges; Construction equipment; Diversion tunnels; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction equipment; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Tunnels; |
| Format | image/jp2 8999 KB |
| Type | Still Image |
| Relation | http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8 |
| Rights | Not to be reproduced without permission. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections at: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ |
| Identifier | http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/lv_water,88 |
