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Portals, Hoover Dam construction

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Title Portals, Hoover Dam construction
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1933?-1934?
Description "Shows men placing dynamite to flood entrance blocks away from #3 and #4 Arizona side."(inscription on back of photo) The portals to the diversion tunnels are visible. The Colorado River is shown below the portals and buildings and trucks are visible.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Diversion tunnels; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Buildings and structures; Trucks; Transportation; Construction workers Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Transportation; Tunnels; Construction workers; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico);
Format image/jp2 3902 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,845

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