Record Details
Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam looking upstream from the Nevada side.
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam looking upstream from the Nevada side. |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1934-05-31 |
| Description | Upstream view of the dam showing the downstream face with multiple catwalks across it. Foreground shows the lower cofferdam with the power houses under construction and a headquarters building. To the right are unfinished Arizona intake towers and a trough in the earth for the spillway. Columns of concrete pouring forms, the upper cofferdam and the Colorado river show in the distance. Cableways and cranes are visible on the far edges of the photo. |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Concrete pouring forms; Power houses; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Cofferdams; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Buildings and structures; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); |
| Format | image/jp2 16451KB |
| 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,509 |
