Record Details
Hoover Dam and surrounding area
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hoover Dam and surrounding area |
| Creator | Boulder Dam Service Bureau |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1935 |
| Description | This is a re-touched photo of Hoover Dam and the surrounding area. The Colorado River can be seen below the power houses. The intake towers are visible behind the downstream face. The reservoir (Lake Mead) can be seen forming behind the dam. Fortification Hill is visible in the background. Two of the portals to the diversion tunnels are also visible. There are four Boulder Dam 3 cent stamps on the back of the photo with a postmark: "Boulder City, Nev. Sept. 30, 9 AM, 1935". |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Power houses; Intake towers; Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.); Reservoirs; Fortification Hill (Ariz.); Mountains; Diversion tunnels Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Tunnels; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); |
| Format | image/jp2 6502 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,803 |
