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Survey and construction photographs of Boulder (Hoover) Dam

Description: Survey and construction photographs documenting Boulder (Hoover) Dam. The album holds 94 pages with prints. A small number of newspaper articles, project brochures and an additional 80 loose prints of various sizes are included in the box containing the album.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1933
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Construction and initial survey photos for the creation of Boulder (Hoover) Dam

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Construction and initial survey photos for the creation of Boulder (Hoover) Dam from start to finish. The album holds 94 pages with prints. A small number of newspaper articles, project brochures and an additional 80 loose prints of various size are included in the box containing the album.

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: Hoover Dam line construction

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Photographic map of Nevada-California Electric Corporation Transmission Line from Victorville to Boulder (Hoover) Dam site with profiles, tower drawings, as well as photographs of construction camps, tower installations, building tower bases, hanging insulators, stringing conductors, splicing conductor, switching towers, angle towers, angle "AP" type towers, dead end towers, and the Hoover Dam Substation.

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