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Hoover Dam Construction -- blasting

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Title Hoover Dam Construction -- blasting
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1932-11-13
Description Shows four construction workers sitting on the bank of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, watching a dynamite blast at the Hoover Dam site. The blast started the flow of water. Hand-written inscription (sentence in quotes in title) on back of photo.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Blasting; Construction workers; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction workers; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction;
Format image/jp2 4041 KB
Type Still Image
Relation http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8
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Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/lv_water,817

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