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Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site looking downstream from the Arizona side
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site looking downstream from the Arizona side |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1934-07-24 |
| Description | Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site, looking downstream on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Construction on the intake towers on both sides of the dam face is shown. The top of the dam face is covered with concrete pouring forms. Buckets of concrete can be seen on the railroard bench on the canyon wall in the lower right. Temporary stairs attached to the canyon wall in the background lead up to a concrete mixing plant in the mountains. A temporary bridge crosses the river in... |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Construction equipment; Intake towers; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Concrete; Bridges; Concrete mixing plants; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction equipment; |
| Format | image/jp2 17420 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,375 |
