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Diversion tunnel no. 1 trashrack and counterweight assembly just prior to the diverting of the Colorado River into the tunnel.

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Title Diversion tunnel no. 1 trashrack and counterweight assembly just prior to the diverting of the Colorado River into the tunnel.
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1935-02-01
Description Construction workers are seen climbing on the outside of the no. 1 trash rack at diversion tunnel no. 1. Other workers view the scene from a railroad trestle that runs over the diversion tunnel portal, and from the upper cofferdam (seen in the lower left).
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction workers; Diversion tunnels; Trashracks; Trestles; Cofferdams; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction workers; Tunnels;
Format image/jp2 16860 KB
Type Still Image
Relation http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8
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Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/lv_water,536

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