CardCow Vintage Postcards

Transcontinental Highway Across Hoover (Boulder) Dam

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Transcontinental Highway Across Hoover (Boulder) Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
From the crest of Hoover- (Boulder) Dam the visitor may view part of Lake Mead, and the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Courteous U.S. Bureau of Reclamation guides conduct sight-seeing tours down the elevators to view the interior and powerhouse.

Sunset At Boulder Dam

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Sunset At Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Sinking behind the hills beyond black canyon, the western sun combines with clouds to paint the sky with gorgeous hues, and bring to boulder dam, man's engineering masterpiece, the glory of nature to unite with the marvel of man.

The Spectacular View Of Hoover Dam

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Spectacular View Of Hoover Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Chrome PM 1962 Aug-23

Description:
This spectacular view of Hoover Dam was taken from near river-level downstream from the huge dam. Here flanked by towering canyon walls, the dam is seen in the distance. Hoover Dam - the highest in the world - was built and is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior.

Boulder Dam

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Chrome PM 1945 May-07

Description:
Boulder Dam. This dam, the highest in the world, is on the Arizona Nevada boundary line about 25 miles from Las Vegas Nevada. It is of concrete arch-gravity type, maximum height 728 feet, crest length 1,282 feet, and contains 3,250,000 cubic yards of concrete.

Lakeview Point And Lake Mead

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:12:28 +0100

Title:
Lakeview Point And Lake Mead
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Boulder Dam National Recreational Area. Lakeview Point, one-eighth of mile from the main Boulder Dam Highway, on the Nevada side, is only one and one-half miles form the Dam itself, and affords the visitor a bird's eye view of most of the lower basin on Lake Mead, the gigantic Boulder Dam Reservoir. Crystal waters appear intensely blue under clear, azure skies, and with bright-hued hills in brilliant contrast, form a rugged and picturesque landscape of indescribable beauty.

Upstream Face And Intake Towers

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:12:10 +0100

Title:
Upstream Face And Intake Towers
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Upstream face of Boulder Dam and 395 ft. Nevada Intake Towers from Lake Mead

Illuminated Roadway And Intake Towers

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:12:10 +0100

Title:
Illuminated Roadway And Intake Towers
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
The graceful curve of the highway across Boulder Dam become at night a star-studded crescent of light rivaling the natural beauty of the dark desert sky, while the light-flooded intake towers are reflected in the still waters of the lake.

Arizona Spillway

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:12:09 +0100

Title:
Arizona Spillway
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Boulder Canyon Project of the Bureau of Reclamation. Two Giant concrete-lined Spillways, one located on each wall of Black Canyon gorge, act as final control of flood waters, originating above Boulder Dam. In case of unexpected Colorado river Floods, the weir gates, installed between the piers along the edge of each spillway, can be raised an additional sixteen feet. This automatically provides 2,216,000 acre feet additional storage capacity in the reservoir, sufficient to store any large unforeseen of-season flood. The spillways are each large enough in all dimensions to float the greatest battleship in the world.

Boulder Dam And Mero Lake

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:56:46 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam And Mero Lake
Boulder Dam (NV), Real Photo unused

High Scalers Boulder Dam

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:56:38 +0100

Title:
High Scalers Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Real Photo unused

Description:
Rock Climbing

Boulder Dam And Powerhouse

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:32:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam And Powerhouse
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen PM 1944

Description:
Fortification Mountain In Distance. Boulder Dam is the highest in the world, 727 feet from bedrock to crest, and is a city block thick at the base (650 feet). Curved in an arch to resist the tremendous pressure of the lake waters, the crest is 45 feet wide, forms a highway bridge connecting Nevada and Arizona and is part of a trans continental route. The Dam is located in Black Canyon, on the Colorado River, seven miles from Boulder City, Nevada, in a region of marvelous desert grandeur and beauty.

Boulder Dam From Elk's Point

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 03:21:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam From Elk's Point
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Width of Boulder Dam at base, 660 feet; at top, 45 feet; maximum water pressure at the base, 45,000 pounds per square foot; 3,250,330 cubic yards concrete used in the dam, or a total of 4,400,000 cubic yards in the dam, power plant, and appurtenant works.

Arizona Spillways And Lake

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 03:20:00 +0100

Title:
Arizona Spillways And Lake
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Boulder Dam. The foundation and abutments of Boulder Dam are rock of volcanic origin, geologically termed "andesite breccia," hard and very durable. The canyon width at low water level is about 300 feet, and at the crest of the dam, 1,282.

Intake Towers

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 03:19:00 +0100

Title:
Intake Towers
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Boulder Dam. Four reinforced-concrete intake towers above the dam, two on each side of the river, are 75 feet in average diameter, 375 feet in height, and each tower controls one-quarter of the supply of water for the power plant turbines; 93,674 cubic yards of concrete and 15,299,604 pounds of steel used for construction of towers.

Boulder Dam

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:39:12 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Lowering a section of 30 foot diameter pipe into the canyon by 200 ton government cableway. Note control house for cableway in left center

Boulder Dam

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:39:11 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
1200 ton Government cableway and 30 foot diameter pipe being lifted by 200 ton government cableway. Note high level concrete mixing plant in background

Intake Towers

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:39:07 +0100

Title:
Intake Towers
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen PM 1945

Description:
Boulder dam. Four reinforced concrete intake towers above the dam, two on each side of the river, are 75 feet in average diameter, 375 feet in height, and each tower controls one-quarter of the supply of water for the power plant turbines; 93,674 cubic yard yards of concrete and 15,299,604 pounds of steel used for construction of towers.

Nevada Lookout Point

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:39:07 +0100

Title:
Nevada Lookout Point
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen PM 1941

Description:
The Nevada Lookout Point, located on the brink of a 600 - foot cliff just downstream from Boulder Dam, in Black Canyon, is one of the most popular vantage points for sight-seers. Here the visitor can see the complete downstream face of Boulder Dam, and get a comprehensive bird's - eye view of the external structure of the greatest power plant in the world.

Boulder Dam

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:01:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen PM 1934

Description:
The Boulder Dam. Colorado River Project, is located near and 32 miles means an expenditure of about $165,000,000.00 and will be completed about Jan. 1st 1938. The dam will be 727 feet high. Twice as high as any concrete dam hitherto built. It will impound more than 26,000.000 acre feet of water enough to cover the five states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont. New Hampshire and New Jersey.

Figures Of The Republic

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 07:19:00 +0100

Title:
Figures Of The Republic
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
These two identical bronze figures, designed by Oskar J. W. Hansen, and installed as the principal decoration at Boulder Dam, are 30 high and are cast in bronze. One sits on either side of the 125 foot flagstaff facing the gorge of Black Canyon of the Colorado River over the crest of Boulder Dam.

Transcontinental Highway Near Boulder Dam

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 07:17:00 +0100

Title:
Transcontinental Highway Near Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
As the road toward Boulder Dam approaches Black Canyon gorge it winds in graceful, safely-banked curves along the rugged hills, a marvel of engineering ingenuity.

Boulder Dam

Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:55:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Chrome unused

Description:
Boulder Dam (Highest Dam in the World) Constructed by the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Located on the Colorado River at the Nevada-Arizona Boundary. Dimensions of Dam: Height … 727 feet Crest …. 1180 feet long, Crest …. 45 feet thick, Base ...... 650 feet Thick, Intakes ..... 395 feet high.

Greetings From Boulder Dam

Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Greetings From Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Boulder Dam

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:14:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), White Border PM 1936

Description:
The Boulder Dam, Colorado River Project, is located near and 32 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. This project means an expenditure of about $165,000.00. and will be completed about Jan. 1st 1938. The dam will be 727 feet high, twice as high as any concrete dam hitherto built. It will impound more than 26,000,000 acre feet of water. enough to cover the five states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont. New Hampshire and New Jersey.

Boating On Boulder Dam Lake

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:54:00 +0100

Title:
Boating On Boulder Dam Lake
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen PM 1937

Description:
Boating on Lake behind Boulder Dam. Pleasure boat on the lake formed by Boulder Dam. Fortification mountain is in the background. Boulder Dam Lake when filled will be 115 miles long and will open up a new scenic wonderland

Boulder Dam

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:10:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam
Boulder Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
The Boulder Dam, Colordo River Project, is located near and 32 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. This project means an expenditure of about $165,000,000.00, and will be completed about Jan. 1st 1938. The dam will be 727 feet high, twice as high as any concrete dam hitherto built. It will impound more than 26,000,000 acre feet of water, enough to cover the five states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and New Jersey.

Boulder Dam Hotel Modern Air Conditioned Hotel

Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:59:00 +0100

Title:
Boulder Dam Hotel Modern Air Conditioned Hotel
Boulder Dam (NV) unused

Hoover (Boulder) Dam and Powerhouse

Tue, 6 Jan 2004 01:13:00 +0100

Title:
Hoover (Boulder) Dam and Powerhouse
Boulder Dam (NV) unused