Record Details
Hoover Dam construction
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hoover Dam construction |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1932?-1933? |
| Description | Handwritten inscription on back of photo: "Looking upstream into Black Canyon toward Boulder damsite after river had been diverted thru diversion tunnels Nos. 3 and 4. Temporary back-wash dike seen immediately upstream from tunnel out..." Portals to some of the diversion tunnels are visible as is part of the Colorado River. Cableways, buildings, and roads also shown. |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Diversion tunnels; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Buildings and structures; Roads; Cableways; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Tunnels; Buildings and structures; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); |
| Format | image/jp2 5287 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,897 |
