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Looking downstream on the Hoover Dam construction site

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Title Looking downstream on the Hoover Dam construction site
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1934-09-17
Description This view, taken from the Nevada side of the canyon, shows the lower cofferdam being excavated. Trucks, buildings, , and construction roads are visible. The Colorado River can be seen below the site. There is a temporary bridge acorss the canyon, and numerous trucks at the site. High scalers are visible on the wall of the canyon.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Cofferdams; Trucks; Transportation; Roads; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Bridges; High scalers; Construction equipment; Construction workers; Buildings and structures; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction equipment; Construction workers; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Transportation;
Format image/jp2 17451 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,412

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