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Colorado River -- Beginning construction -- Hoover Dam

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Title Colorado River -- Beginning construction -- Hoover Dam
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1931?
Description Shows the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the beginning of construction on the dam. Some cables are suspended across the river, some construction workers are on the roads next to the river, and a power shovel is visible.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Construction workers; Cables; Power shovels; Roads Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Construction workers;
Format image/jp2 9766 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,851

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