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	Title	Description
101	Cement plant -- Hoover Dam site	Shows the cement plant in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam construction site. A train is visible on the tracks above the plant.
102	Rock and gravel plant near Hoover Dam site	Handwritten inscription on back of photo: "Rock and gravel plant -- Picture taken before its completion." Other buildings and trucks are visible.
103	Construction of gravel plant near Hoover Dam site	Shows the construction of the gravel plant near the Hoover Dam site. A crane is lifing equipment. Construction workers, cars and trucks, and buildings can be seen.
104	Construction of gravel plant	View of the gravel plant being constructed near the Hoover Dam site. Railroad tracks and a flatbed railroad car are visible.
105	"Big Bertha" transporting dam workers	View of a transport bus called a "Big Bertha", transporting construction workers to the Hoover Dam construction site. A car is visible behind the truck and there are pipes in the background of the photo which were used in...
106	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.
107	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...
108	Early stages of construction of Hoover Dam	Handwritten inscription on back of photo: "Hoover Dam -- Down the Colorado River. Dump trucks are on Arizona side and hauling muck to dumping grounds -- no muck can be dumped in the river." The road along...
109	Construction at lower portal of Hoover Dam	Shows construction at the lower portal of Hoover Dam. Part of the bridge is visible as are trucks, buildings, and construction workers. Part of the Colorado River is visible and also the wall of Black Canyon.
110	Power houses being constructed at Hoover Dam	Shows the concrete pouring forms for the base of the dam. The upper cofferdam is in the background. Cableways, buildings, construction workers and trucks are visible. A railroad track runs along the side of the wall of Black Canyon.
111	Construction of Hoover Dam	Shows the head tower hoist house and permanent cableway. Cars and trucks are visible on the road across the dam as well as next to the hoist house. A transmission tower can be seen and construction workers are...
112	Construction of Hoover Dam	"Head tower hoist house and anchorage of permanent 150 ton cableway at Boulder Dam runs from upper end of hi[gh]mix gulch." (handwritten inscription on back of photo) Construction workers, trucks, and buildings are also visible.
113	Hoover Dam construction	Panoramic view of Black Canyon and Hoover Dam under construction. Two of the portals to the diversion tunnels are visible. The face of the dam is nearing completion and the concrete pouring forms can be seen. Part...
114	Construction of Hoover Dam	Construction photo showing the Colorado River with temporary suspension bridges, roads along the side of the canyon, trucks, and buildings.
115	Aerial view -- Hoover Dam construction	Aerial view of Hoover Dam, Black Canyon, and the Colordo River during the construction of the dam. Two portals of the diversion tunnels are visible. There are trucks and buildings on the cofferdam. The face of the...
116	Construction -- Hoover Dam	Close-up view of the face of the dam with the concrete pouring forms. The face is nearly completed. A road is visible behind the dam.
117	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...
118	Six Companies' power shovel dumping dirt in dump truck in diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam...	Construction workers are operating a power shovel, dumping dirt into a dump truck in a diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam. This is in the early phase of dam construction.
119	Hoover Dam, looking upstream	View from high above the canyon of the early stages of building the wooden forms for pouring the concrete in the construction of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. Vehicles and other equipment can be seen as well as hoisting...
120	Hoover Dam from Lookout Point on the Nevada side with cars in foreground	View of construction on Hoover Dam from a lookout point on the Nevada side. The dam wall is nearly completed and construction on the intake towers is seen in the background. In the foreground, people stand at the...
121	Power house on Nevada side of Hoover Dam	View of a power house on the Nevada side taken during the construction of Hoover Dam. Shows power penstock tunnels, scaffolding, construction equipment and trucks.
122	Future Hoover Dam reservoir area seen from Black Canyon	View from Black Canyon of the area which, when submerged, will become the Hoover Dam reservoir. In the foreground, a car is seen traveling a dirt road, and a lone construction worker views the scene from atop the rocks....
123	Trains on Elevation 720 Railroad Bench, hauling conrete to Hoover Dam.	Freight cars carrying buckets of concrete are seen on a temporary railway built onto the canyon wall at the Hoover Dam construction site. Concrete setting in pouring forms in the dam site and construction workers are seen below.
124	Black Canyon	A view of the Colorado River flowing through Black (not Boulder) Canyon. On the right side of the canyon there is a road with two automobiles, some construction equipment, and a construction worker.
125	Close-up of Hoover Dam construction	A close-up view of Hoover Dam construction. There is a railroad running along the canyon, concrete forms, a truck, and a building. Temporary stairways have been built into the canyon walls.
126	Train at Himix Concrete Plant -- Hoover Dam site	View of a train carrying cars loaded with sand. The train trestle is visible as well as the bins at Himix Concrete Plant where rock and sand are dumped.
127	Constructing highway to dam site	A view of construction workers operating tractors as they construct a highway across the desert floor during the summer of 1931.
128	Construction at Hoover Dam	This photograph shows construction workers using a hose attached to a tank filled with water to water down the dirt at the Dam site. The water tank is attached to a truck bed. Three workers are operating the water hose....
129	Workers on the Colorado River	A view of construction workers towing a generator behind the boat that they are using to cross the Colorado River.
130	View of railroad tracks being laid at Hoover Dam site.	A view of railroad tracks on the side of the mountain leading into a tunnel in the background. Both walls of the canyon are visable and the Colorado River is flowing through the bottom of the canyon. In the foreground...
131	Construction of the Arizona power house	Shows the reinforcing framework for the Arizona power house and the locations for the turbine rooms, front room galleries, and penstocks. Some buildings, trucks, tunnel openings, and construction workers are visible.
132	Hoover Dam -- valve outlets in operation on the Arizona side	Water pours from the outlet works of the valve house on the Arizona side. Also shows some construction workers standing by a wall near the Nevada power house and looking at the water. There is also a truck in...
133	Hoover Dam -- upstream side	Upstream side of dam showing intake towers that are almost finished. Reservoir (Lake Mead) has begun to fill, and a man is rowing a boat on the lake. There are derrick cranes visible on both sides of the canyon.
134	Hoover Dam -- upstream side	Upstream side of Hoover Dam showing the intake towers, which are almost finished. The reservoir (Lake Mead) has begun to fill, and a man is rowing a boat on the lake. There is a wooden walkway laid over piers or...
135	Hoover Dam -- upstream side	Shows upstream face of dam with almost-completed intake towers. The reservoir (Lake Mead) has started to fill, and a man is rowing a boat on the lake. The mouth of a diversion tunnel on the left side of the picture...
136	Hoover Dam outlet works	View of the dam, looking upstream. Water is shooting from the outlet works in the valve house on he Arizona side. The Nevada valve house and part of the Arizona and the cetnral power houses are visible. ...
137	Hoover Dam -- outlet works	Shows the downstream face of the dam with the outlet works spewing water. The entrances to two of the diversion tunnels are visible. There is a dump truck parked on one of the side roads.
138	Power house -- Hoover Dam	View of the power house at Hoover Dam during construction. This photo was taken from above, looking down on the power house. A crane is lowering a piece of equipment to the cofferdam. Cables, trucks,...
139	Hoover Dam and area	Panoramic view of Hoover Dam and surrounding area. The photo is looking down towards the intake towers and the crest of the dam. The mountains and roads in the background can be seen. Cars are visible on...
140	Hoover Dam and surroundings	View of the intake towers and crest of Hoover Dam, taken from the side, looking down. Cars are parked on the road which crosses the dam and the roads and mountains are visible in the background.
141	Crest of Hoover (not Boulder) Dam	View of the top of the dam from the Arizona side. Intake towers are observed on the Arizona and on the Nevada side. The reservoir (Lake Mead)is more than two-thirds filled with water. Automobiles are seen on the road across...
142	Upstream face of Hoover Dam, looking downstream from the upstream cofferdam	Upstream face of Hoover Dam when construction was still going on on the top of the dam and on the intake towers. The Arizona intake tower is on the left and the Nevada intake tower is on the right....
143	Hoover Dam construction	View of the construction of Hoover Dam. A box car is being lowered by hoist. The power houses are visible as are the intake towers. A cableway spans the canyon high above the site.
144	Hoover Dam construction	Shows a box car being lowered by hoist at Hoover Dam during construction. The power houses and intake towers are visible as well as the upstream face of the dam. A cableway stretches across the canyon, supporting the...
145	High scalers -- Hoover Dam site	Shows men scaling the walls of Black Canyon to set dynamite blasts. There are trucks on a raod in the bottom of the canyon. This photo is a postcard.
146	Penstock pipes at Babcock & Wilcox Plant	Shows the huge penstock pipes at the Babcock & Wilcox Plant near the site of Hoover Dam construction. A man is standing next to one of the pipes. A train engine is on the railroad tracks, inside one...