Record Details
Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream from the lower portals road
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream from the lower portals road |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1935-03-26 |
| 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, construction equipment and trucks are seen on the cofferdam floor. Cableways run over the canyon above the dam face and a section of penstock tunnel pipe is seen being lowered into the cofferdam. Construction on the Arizona valve house is seen on the... |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Cofferdams; Buildings and structures; Power houses; Construction equipment; Cableways; Valve houses; Diversion tunnels; Trucks; Penstocks; Pipes (Conduits); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction equipment; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Buildings and structures; |
| Format | image/jp2 16461 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,569 |
