Record Details
Hoover Dam construction -- various phases
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hoover Dam construction -- various phases |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1936 |
| Description | This postcard shows the construction of Hoover Dam in four different stages. All views were taken from the same point looking upstream. The first image shows Black Canyon and the Colorado River at the very beginning of construction (1931). The second image shows the first concrete pouring (1933), the cofferdams and the mouth of one of the diversion tunnels. The third shows the dam half completed in 1934. The last one shows the completed dam in 1936 with water pouring from the outlet works... |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Concrete pouring forms; Diversion tunnels; Cofferdams; Outlet works; Construction equipment; Buildings and structures; Trucks; Transportation Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Buildings and structures; Construction equipment; Tunnels; Transportation; |
| Format | image/jp2 10589 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,873 |
