Aerial view of Hoover Dam

Metadata

Title

Aerial view of Hoover Dam

Digital Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

Original Date

1936?

Description

Aerial view of Hoover Dam with the outlet works on boths ides of the dam spewing water. Above the dam the reservoir (Lake Mead) is beginning to fill. Fortification Hill is in the background. the central power house and mouths of several diviersion tunnels are visible.

Subject

• Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Aerial views(feed)
• Outlet works(feed)
• Reservoirs(feed)
• Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)(feed)
• Fortification Hill (Ariz.)(feed)
• Power houses(feed)
• Diversion tunnels(feed)

Local subject

• Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction(feed)

Format

image/jp2 9357 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 AGFA Duoscan T 1200 scanner with AGFA FotoLook 32 V3.60.0 scanning software, default color configuration. The TIFF files were converted into the JPEG2000 format.

Image Number

0100 0652

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. Manis Collection.

Digital Collection

• Las Vegas and Water in the West(feed)

DigitalID

wiw000054