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Greetings From Hoover Dam
Title:
Greetings From Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam (NV), Chrome unused

Description:
Looking towards the outlet tunnels and huge powerhouse below the world's highest Dam. This $125,000,000 project is one of man's greatest engineering achievements. Height 727 feet above bedrock, Crest 1,244 feet, and 650 feet thick at the base.


Boulder Dam And Lake Mead
Title:
Boulder Dam And Lake Mead
Hoover Dam (NV), Chrome unused

Description:
Boulder Dam and Lake Mead as seen from the high cliffs on the Nevada side of Black Canyon. In the immediate foreground is the Nevada Observation Point from which thousands of Visitors, each year, view this giant Bureau of Reclamation structure. In this photo the 150-ton cableway is shown in operation. By means of the cableway loaded freight cars are lowered from the canyon wall to the level of the power-plant - 600 feet below.



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

Description:
Looking towards the outlet tunnels and huge powerhouse below the world's highest Dam. This $125,000,000 project is one of man's greatest engineering achievements. Height 727 feet above bedrock, crest 1,244 feet, and 650 feet thick at the base.


Interior Of The Nevada Wing Of Hoover Dam Power House
Title:
Interior Of The Nevada Wing Of Hoover Dam Power House
Hoover Dam (NV), Chrome unused

Description:
Interior of the Nevada Wing of Hoover Dam Powerhouse, showing the seven generators each with a capacity of 82,500 KVA.



Arizona Spillway And Highway Bridge At Boulder Dam
Title:
Arizona Spillway And Highway Bridge At Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam (NV), Linen unused

Description:
Pipes installed in the tunnels for reservoir outlets are 4,700 feet of 30-foot diameter main headers,1,900 feet of 25-foot diameter pipes below the branch penstock tunnels to the power plant, and 2,000 feet of 8.5-foot diameter pipes in 11-foot diameter tunnels leading to the needle valve outlets. The maximum thickness of the largest pipe is almost 3 inches.


Boulder Dam Recreational Area
Title:
Boulder Dam Recreational Area
Hoover Dam (NV), Linen PM 1948 Aug-09

Description:
In Picturesque contrast to the trim engineering design of Boulder Dam, the graceful lines of the yacht "Loke", many times a winner on the Eastern Seaboard, are an added attraction to visitors in the new Boulder Dam Recreational Area.



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

Description:
From the crest of Boulder Dan 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.


Hoover Dam And Lake Mead
Title:
Hoover Dam And Lake Mead
Hoover Dam (NV), Chrome unused

Description:
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead as seen from the high cliffs on the Nevada side of Black Canyon. In the immediate foreground is the Nevada observation point from which thousands of visitors, each year, view this giant Bureau of Reclamation Structure.



Greetings From Hoover (boulder) Dam
Title:
Greetings From Hoover (boulder) Dam
Hoover Dam (NV), Linen unused




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