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Title
Construction of Hoover Dam
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1930
Publication Information
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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
A frontal view of the construction of Hoover Dam. The open "slot" down the front of the dam is being filled in with concrete. The slot had been used to carry pipes of ice water to cool the concrete as it hardened.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00017340
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Industries-Water and Power-Reservoirs-Hoover Dam.; S-002-165 4x5
CARL0000002696
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/89948
Subject
Water-supply--California, Southern
Dams--Design and construction
Concrete--Cooling
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)

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