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Title: First blast of dam construction
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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. In this picture 5 men are watching a blast set off among the boulders along the Colorado River. Their boat sets in the water to the left.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00009899
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Industries-Water and Power-Reservoirs-Hoover Dam.; S-002-163 4x5
CARL0000011694
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84468
Subject: Dams--Arizona
Dams--Nevada
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

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