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Title
Construction of Hoover Dam
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Originally named Boulder Dam, it was renamed Hoover Dam in 1946. The p owerhouse structure is being built on the left and right sides at the bottom. The white portion on the lower face of the dam indicates the area of contact of the power house structure.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00009887
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Industries-Water and Power-Reservoirs-Hoover Dam.; S-002-610 4x5
CARL0000011693
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84467
Subject
Dams--Arizona
Dams--Nevada
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)

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