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Photograph of steamshovel working on the road to the Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1931 |
Steamshovel working on the road to the Hoover Dam construction site looking east over the Colorado River. |
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Photograph of water pumps for Hoover Dam construction, circa 1931 |
Water pumps for the Hoover Dam construction concrete plant, upper batch plant. |
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Photographs of prayer dedication of the Boulder Dam site, circa 1931 |
Two views of the assembled guests present for the dedicatory prayer of the Hoover Dam construction site. |
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Photograph of water pump in Colorado River used for upper concrete batch plant, circa 1931 |
Pump in the Colorado River for the upper concrete batch plant |
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Photograph of a group of people next to the Colorado River at the south end... |
People standing near the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the start of Hoover Dam construction |
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Photograph of Hoover Dam worker beside the Colorado River, circa 1931 |
Hoover Dam worker and an Ingersoll Rand electric generator beside the Colorado River looking Northwest towards the Hemenway Wash. |
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Work orders for additional pipelines to increase existing water supply line, Las Vegas, April -May... |
The first sheet, form 30, a work order authority for extensions and additions to the water supply line on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company's property, includes a description of the work and the necessity for the work,... |
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Photograph of a man surveying the Colorado River from a boat in Black Canyon, circa... |
Man standing on a boat traveling south on the Colorado River through Black Canyon |
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Photograph of temporary shanty town along Colorado River, circa 1931 |
Shack town filled with people waiting for jobs building the Hoover Dam. |
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Telegram from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey, March 21, 1931 |
List of the steps the Union Pacific Railroad Company would follow to switch their industrial users over from their previous water providers to the railroad. |