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View of railroad tracks being laid at Hoover Dam site.

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Title View of railroad tracks being laid at Hoover Dam site.
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1931
Description A view of railroad tracks on the side of the mountain leading into a tunnel in the background. Both walls of the canyon are visable and the Colorado River is flowing through the bottom of the canyon. In the foreground of the left side of the picture, a ladder is leaning against the mountainside providing access to the top of the mountain.
Subject Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Railroad tracks; Railroad tunnels; Mountains; Ladders; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Tunnels; Transportation;
Format image/jp2 9085 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,363

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