Looking up Black Canyon during the construction of the diversion tunnels
Metadata
- Title
- Looking up Black Canyon during the construction of the diversion tunnels
- Creator
- Davis, Glenn A. (photographer)
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
- Original Date
- 1931?-1932?
- Description
- View of the Colorado River running through Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam construction site. Workers can be seen walking over bridges and catwalks that are suspended over the river, and on dirt roads that run alongside the river. The newly-dug mouths of the diversion tunnels can be seen at the base of the canyon on the right.
- Subject
- Local subject
- Format
- image/jp2 9057 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
- 0020 0054
- 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. Glenn A. Davis Collection.
- Digital Collection
- DigitalID
- wiw000672
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