Record Details
Looking up Black Canyon during the construction of the diversion tunnels
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Looking up Black Canyon during the construction of the diversion tunnels |
| Creator | Davis, Glenn A. (photographer) |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1931?-1932? |
| Description | View of the Colorado River running through Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam construction site. Workers can be seen walking over bridges and catwalks that are suspended over the river, and on dirt roads that run alongside the river. The newly-dug mouths of the diversion tunnels can be seen at the base of the canyon on the right. |
| Subject | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Bridges; Diversion tunnels; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Tunnels; |
| Format | image/jp2 9057 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,90 |
