Utah Construction Company Hoover Dam Scrapbooks

Vol1_040_December 1931 - 000_December 1931- January 1932

Title Vol1_040_December 1931
Creator Utah Construction Company; Six Companies, Inc.
Contributors Six Companies, Inc.; Lawler, H. J.
Image Captions "A page of views of the low level concrete mixing plant and track hopper for gravel storage. The mixing plant is designed to accommodate six 4-cubic yard mixers, four of which are now being installed. When all six mixers are installed, the capacity of the plant will be 170,000 cubic yards of concrete per month, with a 16-hour daily operation. It is capable of producing 7 cubic yards of concrete per minute. # 730 View of the mixing plant under construction, looking upstream. The cement silos will be located in the upper front portion of the structure. January 1st, 1932. # 728 The mixing plant, looking downstream. Belt conveyor structure in foreground. Two 42-inch conveyors will bring gravel from the track hopper, a distance of 518 feet, up an incline of 16 degrees. Each conveyor can carry 750 tons of gravel per hour. January 1st, 1932. # 729 Mixers being unloaded from railroad cars. These mixers are 4 cubic yards capacity and have a cycle of three and a half minutes for loading, mixing and dis-charging. January 1st, 1932. # 699 Track hopper for gravel storage under construction. Bottom dump railway cars will be spotted directly over the bins. There are 5 bins in the hopper, each holding a different size aggregate. Each bin has a capacity of 10 carloads. December 24th, 1931."
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 1931
Date 1931
Date Digital 2008
Item Size 10x13.5 inch
Medium Scrapbook
Item Description 54 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/s6ztm0g5
Setname wsu_ucc_hjlaw
ID 44272
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6ztm0g5

Page Metadata

Title Vol1_040_December 1931 - 000_December 1931- January 1932
Image Captions "A page of views of the low level concrete mixing plant and track hopper for gravel storage. The mixing plant is designed to accommodate six 4-cubic yard mixers, four of which are now being installed. When all six mixers are installed, the capacity of the plant will be 170,000 cubic yards of concrete per month, with a 16-hour daily operation. It is capable of producing 7 cubic yards of concrete per minute. # 730 View of the mixing plant under construction, looking upstream. The cement silos will be located in the upper front portion of the structure. January 1st, 1932. # 728 The mixing plant, looking downstream. Belt conveyor structure in foreground. Two 42-inch conveyors will bring gravel from the track hopper, a distance of 518 feet, up an incline of 16 degrees. Each conveyor can carry 750 tons of gravel per hour. January 1st, 1932. # 729 Mixers being unloaded from railroad cars. These mixers are 4 cubic yards capacity and have a cycle of three and a half minutes for loading, mixing and dis-charging. January 1st, 1932. # 699 Track hopper for gravel storage under construction. Bottom dump railway cars will be spotted directly over the bins. There are 5 bins in the hopper, each holding a different size aggregate. Each bin has a capacity of 10 carloads. December 24th, 1931."
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 44908
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6ztm0g5/44908