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Looking upstream toward the Nevada intake towers, showing the intake bridge girders in place.

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Title Looking upstream toward the Nevada intake towers, showing the intake bridge girders in place.
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1935-03-25
Description View of construction on the Nevada intake towers and a portion of the roadway on the top of the dam face. Construction workers and concrete pouring forms are seen on the top of the dam face on the right. One of the Arizona intake towers can also be seen in the upper right. An electric dragline is seen on one of the girders between the Nevada intake towers and cableways are visible crossing the canyon between the intake towers. The Colorado River and the walls of Black Canyon can be seen in...
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction equipment; Intake towers; Construction workers; Draglines; Cableways; Concrete pouring forms; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction equipment; Construction workers;
Format image/jp2 16782 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,572

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