| Title |
Hoover Dam_William H. Wattis |
| Creator |
Utah Construction Company/Utah International |
| Image Captions |
William H. Wattis, president of the Utah Construction Company and then of Six Companies, led the bid effort from a hospital bed in San Francisco. Although Wattis swore he would beat cancer and then head for the dam site, he lost his health battle and succumbed in September 1932, shortly after work in Black Canyon began. |
| 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 |
| 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/s6fcwtnz |
| Setname |
wsu_ucui_photo |
| ID |
97514 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6fcwtnz |
