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Aerial view of Hoover Dam, looking downstream from the Arizona side of Black Canyon

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Title Aerial view of Hoover Dam, looking downstream from the Arizona side of Black Canyon
Creator Spence Air Photos
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1935-06-04
Description Aerial view of the Hoover Dam, nearing completion, in Black Canyon. Visible are the dam face, intake towers and spillways, and the Nevada valve house is seen in the middle left. The Colorado River is seen upstream of the dam. The roadway crossing the top of the dam is almost completed. The concrete mixing plants are seen in the upper left.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Aerial views; Intake towers; Spillways; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Valve houses; Roads; Concrete mixing plants; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico);
Format image/jp2 17079 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,577

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