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Hoover Dam from the downstream side with bridge and buildings

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Title Hoover Dam from the downstream side with bridge and buildings
Creator Davis, Glenn A. (photographer)
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1935?
Description View of the Hoover Dam construction site within Black Canyon from the downstream side of the Colorado River. The dam wall is nearly complete and the mouths of the diversion tunnels can be seen. Building plants and construction equipment are seen in the foreground. Construction on the power house is seen at the base of the dam wall. Cables are suspended over the canyon, and a steel bridge crosses the Colorado River near the foreground.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Bridges; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico);
Format image/jp2 9056 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,145

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