Hoover Dam construcion -- blasting
Metadata
- Title
- Hoover Dam construcion -- blasting
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
- Original Date
- 1933-05-10
- Description
- Shows the construction of Hoover Dam. One of the portals of the diversion tunnels is visible. Dynamite blasting is taking place in the canyon and trucks and various construction buildings are visible on the cofferdam. Also shows some construction workers and part of the Colorado River below the cofferdam.
- Subject
- Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction(feed)
- Diversion tunnels(feed)
- Blasting(feed)
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)(feed)
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)(feed)
- Trucks(feed)
- Buildings and structures(feed)
- Cofferdams(feed)
- Construction workers(feed)
- Construction equipment(feed)
- Diversion tunnels(feed)
- Local subject
- Format
- image/jp2 14663 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 0353
- 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
- DigitalID
- wiw000484
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