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Title
Boulder Canyon transmission line near Boulder Dam (Dead End Tower), ca.1935
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1935
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the Boulder Canyon transmission line near Boulder Dam (Dead End Tower), ca.1935. The skeletal, metal tower stands at center with thin transmission lines extending from its top to both in front of it and behind. The tower stands at the top of a dark, rocky hill which is speckled with small weeds. Lightly-colored clouds gather over the tower's pointed tips.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10365
USC-1-1-1-10511 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40421
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10365
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40421.jpg
Subject
Dams
Electric lines
Engineering--Dams--Hoover--Boulder Canyon
Mountains
Time Period
circa 1935
Place
Nevada
USA
Source
1-110-71 [Microfiche number]
40421 [Accession number]
CHS-40421 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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