Record Details
Blasting at Hoover Dam site
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Blasting at Hoover Dam site |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1932? |
| Description | View of construction in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site. Construction workers are standing by the railroad tracks looking at a dynamite blast that is taking place in the distance. The Colorado River is visible as are various pieces of construction equipment and a construction bridge spanning the river. One of the portals to the diversion tunnels is visible. |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction workers; Construction equipment; Railroad tracks; Blasting; Bridges; Diversion tunnels Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Construction equipment; Construction workers; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Tunnels; |
| Format | image/jp2 4257 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,819 |
