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Hoover Dam -- upstream side

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Title Hoover Dam -- upstream side
Creator Davis, Glenn A. (photographer)
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1935?
Description Shows upstream face of dam with almost-completed intake towers. The reservoir (Lake Mead) has started to fill, and a man is rowing a boat on the lake. The mouth of a diversion tunnel on the left side of the picture and derrick cranes on both sides of the canyon are visible.
Subject Intake towers; Rowboats; Hoisting machinery; Diversion tunnels; Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Construction equipment; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Transportation;
Format image/jp2 9077 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,677

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