Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream on the Colorado River
Metadata
- Title
- Aerial view of the Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream on the Colorado River
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
- Original Date
- 1934-02-15
- Description
- Aerial view of Hoover Dam construction site, looking upstream on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. A cooling tower is seen in the foreground. The partially finished dam face is covered with concrete pouring forms and other construction equipment. Buildings and vehicles are seen in the river bed below the dam. Cables and bridges cross the canyon in the background.
- Subject
- Local subject
- Format
- image/jp2 16610 KB
- Digitization Specifications
- This file is derived from a high-resolution (300 dpi, 24-bit) uncompressed TIFF image that was scanned from the original using a HP Scanjet 4670 scanner with HP Scanning 2.3.1 scanning software, default color configuration. The TIFF files were converted into the JPEG2000 format.
- Image Number
- 0267 2534
- Resource Type
- Still Image
- Is Part Of
- http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8
- Access and Ordering Information
- 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/
- Contributing Institution
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections. W.A. Bechtel Collection.
- Digital Collection
- DigitalID
- wiw000083
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