Utah Construction Company Hoover Dam Scrapbooks

Vol2_061_June 1933 - 000_June 1933

Title Vol2_061_June 1933
Creator Utah Construction Company; Six Companies, Inc.
Contributors Six Companies, Inc.; Wattis, E. O.
Image Captions "2260 Nevada Spillway, looking upstream. June 27th, 1933. 2242 Lower Portals of Diversion Tunnels, discharging 73,000 cubic feet per second flow into Colorado River. June 16th, 1933. 2259 Arizona Spillway, looking upstream. June 27th, 1933."
Description In 1931, Utah joined Six Companies Inc. to raise the surety required to bid for the Boulder (Hoover) Dam contract. One of the world’s largest dams, Hoover Dam was completed in 1936 at a cost of $49 million. These scrapbooks document through photographs the construction of the dam showcasing UCC's part in its creation.
Subject Boulder City (Nev.); Dams--Design and construction; Hoover Dam (Ariz. And Nev.); Six Companies, Inc; Utah Construction Company
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1932; 1933
Date 1932; 1933
Date Digital 2008
Item Size 10x13.5 inch
Medium Scrapbook
Item Description 65 page leather bound scrapbook, black pages with photos
Spatial Coverage Hoover Dam, Mohave, Arizona, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5298509, 36.01609, -114.73804
Type Image/StillImage
Conversion Specifications Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Language eng
Relation https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/212
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source MS 100 Boxes 126-130 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6e3y1kf
Setname wsu_ucc_hjlaw
ID 44345
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6e3y1kf

Page Metadata

Title Vol2_061_June 1933 - 000_June 1933
Image Captions "2260 Nevada Spillway, looking upstream. June 27th, 1933. 2242 Lower Portals of Diversion Tunnels, discharging 73,000 cubic feet per second flow into Colorado River. June 16th, 1933. 2259 Arizona Spillway, looking upstream. June 27th, 1933."
Subject Boulder City (Nev.); Dams--Design and construction; Hoover Dam (Ariz. And Nev.); Six Companies, Inc; Utah Construction Company
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_ucc_hjlaw
ID 45255
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6e3y1kf/45255