Visual Materials

When Lake Mead finally filled in 1941, Hoover Dam's spillway overflowed

Description: When Lake Mead finally filled in 1941, Hoover Dam's spillway overflowed. This scene would not be reapeated until the spring of 1983. Pg. 190.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1941
Call number: photCL SCE 11 - 00379
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