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Floor of Black Canyon

UNLV Digital Collections

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Title Floor of Black Canyon
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1931
Description This shows a view looking down into Black (not Boulder) Canyon during early stages of construction of Hoover Dam. The Colorado River is in the process of being diverted and construction equipment and workers can be seen in the foreground.
Subject Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction equipment; Construction workers; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction equipment; Construction workers;
Format image/jp2 9009 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,288

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