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Six Companies Inc. truck, employees |
Vew of a Six Companies Inc. trailer loaded with building materials. Some employees are posed, standing next to the truck. "La Crosse Tu-way Trailer"--Sign on trailer. The truck is loaded with rebar. |
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Hoover Dam site, looking upstream |
Vehicles, men, and construction equipment are visible. This view was taken in the early stages of the construction of Hoover Dam in the bottom of Black Canyon. |
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Hoover Dam site, looking downstream |
View of the beginning of Hoover Dam contruction at the bottom of Black Canyon. Various pieces of equipment, trucks, workers, etc. are visible including a crane suspended above the construction site. The view is from downstream. |
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First concrete in Hoover Dam |
Construction workers are pouring the first concrete for the foundation of Hoover Dam in the bottom of Black Canyon. Large bucket suspended from a crane is visible as well as the concrete frames for the pour. |
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Hoover Dam, looking downstream |
View of the construction of the foundations of Hoover Dam on the floor of Black Canyon. Various pieces of machinery can be seen as well as a construction building. The view is taken from high above but several... |
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Dam workers return to Boulder City after shift |
Shows a motor lorry (bus)parked in Boulder City; dam workers are exiting the lorry as they return from the day shift on Hoover Dam. Portions of buildings are visible. |
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Bucket skips being filled with "muck" from the deep inner gorge of Black Canyon. |
Shows construction equipment and workers in the gorge of Black Canyon. Bucket skips are being loaded with muck to be transported out of the canyon. Also shows a power shovel and high scalers. |
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Construction workers at Hoover Dam |
Two construction workers at the Hoover Dam site working with heavy machinery. |
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Workers laying railroad track near Boulder Canyon |
Photo shows workers and machinery involved in laying railroad track near Boulder Canyon. There are several structures in the picture and mountains in the background. |
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Construction scene at Hoover Dam site |
Shows construction crew and equipment at the Hoover Dam site. Power lines are also in the scene. |
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Nevada spillway during construction of Hoover Dam |
Photo shows men working on the Nevada spillway weir. There are concrete forms, various buildings, construction equipment, and a truck in the scene. |
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Interior of penstock tunnel -- Hoover Dam construction site |
Interior view of number 4 raise and plug showing construction. Construction workers can be seen at the far end of the tunnel. |
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Unloading huge pipes -- Hoover Dam site |
Shows valve house outlet pipes being uloaded with a cableway. A construction worker is standing on top of a pipe as it is being lifted off a railroad car. |
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Interior view of a power house -- Hoover Dam construction site |
Shows interior of a power house under construction. A construction worker is visible between the reinforcing steel and pipes. |
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Commemoration of the pouring of the second millionth cubic yard of concrete in Hoover Dam |
Hoover Dam construction workers observe as Six Companies officials stand in the construction site by a concrete pouring bucket which bears a sign reading: "United States Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Project. Pouring 2nd millionth cu. yd.... |
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Final pour in the slot, Hoover Dam |
Shows construction workers making the final pour in the slot. Several men are working, the others supervising. A truck and cement mixer are visible. In the bakcground a portion of an intake tower can be seen. |
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Signing of the contract between the U.S. government and Six Companies for construction of Hoover... |
Photo shows one man sitting at a table signing a document while several men standing behind him observe. The men are identified, left to right, as Charles P. "Pop" Squires; P.W. Dent, Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation; Mayor Fred Hesse; unknown;... |
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Frank Crowe and others |
Frank Crowe, Supt. of Constructon for the Six Companies, standing with five unidentified men at the Hoover Dam construction site. |
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Government and Six Companies officials inspecting the Nevada Spillway |
Government and Six Companies officials inspecting the Nevada Spillway. Reading from left to right: Norman S. Gallison, H.J. Lawler, Walker R. Young, Charles A. Shea, E.O. Wattis, Dr. Elwood Mead, Frank T. Crowe, R.F. Walter and W.A. Bechtel. |
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Labor strike during the building of Hoover Dam |
Seven men are standing and one man is squatting in front of a crowd of other men. More men are standing or sitting on what appears to be a wooden porch behind the men standing in front of the crowd. |
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Interior of Six companies, Inc. machine shop |
Shows men working on heavy machines in a Six companies, Inc. machine shop. |
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President Roosevelt and party inspecting Hoover Dam at the dedication ceremonies |
President Franklin Roosevelt and other dignitaries inspecting the dam from an observation point near one of the intake towers on the Arizona side at the time of the dedication ceremonies. |
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President Roosevelt and party inspecting Hoover Dam at the dedication ceremonies |
President Franklin Roosevelt and other dignitaries inspect the dam at the dedication ceremonies. |
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Power shovel and trucks opening up an adit |
Construction workers are using a power shovel and trucks to open up an adit as part of the construction of Hoover Dam. |
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First 40 foot slab of concrete poured in lining diversion tunnels |
This is a view of the interior of a diversion tunnel when the first 40 foot concrete slab was poured to line the tunnel during construction of Hoover Dam. Lights illuminate the scene and a construction worker can be... |
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Day shift workers boarding transports for the return journey to Boulder City |
Dam construction workers are boarding transport buses for the return ride to Boulder City. |
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Train car dumping gravel into hopper at gravel plant |
A side-dump car from the gravel pits is dumping gravel into a depressed track hopper at the gravel plant. Train and buildings are visible. An employee is watching the process. |
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Close-up of sand classifier in the gravel plant. |
The photograph is a close-up view of the sand classifier machinery in the gravel plant. Two employees are observing. |
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Sand classifer in gravel plant producing sand for storage |
Two workers are monitoring the rake type sand classifier in the gravel plant. This machinery produced finished sand for storage and the stored gravel can be seen in the background. |
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View of the concrete lining in the diversion tunnels |
Construction workers are pouring concrete to line the diversion tunnels. Lights illuminate the project. Huge buckets hang from a crane. |
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Agitators dumping concrete into buckets |
Construction workers are operating machinery (agitators) which dump concrete into buckets. Location is the interior of a diversion tunnel at the Hoover Dam construction site. |
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Six Companies trailer |
Shows Six Companies' employees standing around a trailer loaded with construction materials for Hoover Dam. A tractor is also visible. Sign on the truck says: "Six Companies Inc. LaCross Tu-Way trailer. Net load 185 tons. Total load... |
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Construction worker operating a tractor during construction of Hoover Dam |
A construction worker is driving a caterpillar tractor in the rocks. |
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Temporary cableway spanning the Colorado River near Lookout Point |
A temporary cableway filled with construction workers is poised above the Colorado River in Black Canyon near Lookout Point. The Arizona spillway operations are shown in the background. |
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View showing method of finishing slabs in invert lining. |
Construction workers are operating machinery to finish slabs in the invert lining of a diversion tunnel at the Hoover Dam site. |
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Trucks hauling concrete in the diversion tunnel |
This photo shows trucks and equipment used for hauling and pouring concrete to form the invert lining in a diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam. Also shows some construction workers. |
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Close-up of trimming jumbo |
Shows construction workers on the trimming jumbo which was used to scale the walls of the diversion tunnels and remove projecting rock. The tunnel is at the Hoover Dam construction site. |
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Construction bridges across the Colorado River |
This is a view of a truck loaded with equipment driving across a bridge spanning the Colorado River at Hoover Dam site. Construction workers and equipment are shown on the bank of the river. At the right is... |