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Man standing on trestle bridge on the Colorado River pointing at anchoring cables
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Man standing on trestle bridge on the Colorado River pointing at anchoring cables |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1932-05-15 |
| Description | A man stands on the trestle bridge near the gravel pit and points at the cables attached to the upstream face of the bridge used to anchor the bridge in case of high water. Three-inch cables [were] anchored to concrete "dead-men" and horizontal stays [were] attached to bents on the bridge. The Colorado River runs beneath the bridge and Black Canyon can be seen in the background. |
| Subject | Bridges; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Construction workers; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Construction workers; |
| Format | image/jp2 16811 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,237 |
