Record Details
Construction on Hoover Dam and the power houses looking upstream from the lower portals road
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Construction on Hoover Dam and the power houses looking upstream from the lower portals road |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1935-06-01 |
| Description | View of the Hoover Dam construction site in Black Canyon, showing the nearly-completed dam face and construction on the power houses in the lower cofferdam. Concrete pouring forms are seen on the tops of the power houses. Temporary buildings and construction equipment, including an electric dragline and dump trucks, are seen on the cofferdam floor. Cableways run over the canyon above the dam face. Construction on the Arizona valve house is seen on the right side in the center of the canyon... |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Cofferdams; Buildings and structures; Power houses; Draglines; Construction equipment; Cableways; Valve houses; Diversion tunnels; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction equipment; Buildings and structures; |
| Format | image/jp2 16543 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,567 |
