Hoover Dam_Powder Monkeys

Title Hoover Dam_Powder Monkeys
Creator Utah Construction Company/Utah International
Image Captions These so-called "powder monkeys" are preparing dynamite cartridges and blasting caps at a distance from other crews. Blasting was an integral part of the work at the dam site. Although the main emphasis was on the four huge diversion tunnels, more than 60 tunnels would pockmark the cliffs before the project ended.
Description A collection of photographs from Utah Construction Company/Utah International highlighting the company's founders and laborers, and their work on canals, construction, dams, highways, mining and railroads.
Subject Construction; Dams; Dams--Design and construction; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.); Six Companies; Utah Construction Company
Publisher Digital Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Digital 2001
Temporal Coverage 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Item Size 8 x 10 inch
Medium Photography
Item Description black and white photograph
Spatial Coverage Hoover Dam, Mohave, Arizona, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5298509, 36.01609, -114.73804
Type Image/StillImage
Conversion Specifications JPEG images were scanned with an HP Scanjet 4570 scanner.
Master Quality 300 PPI
Language eng
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6f886xk
Setname wsu_ucui_photo
ID 97506
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6f886xk