Utah Construction Company Hoover Dam Scrapbooks

Vol2_019_July 1932 - 004_Concrete Mixing Plant

Title Vol2_019_July 1932
Creator Utah Construction Company; Six Companies, Inc.
Contributors Six Companies, Inc.; Wattis, E. O.
Image Captions "1319 The danger of high water having passed for 1932, the concrete arch coffer dams are being blasted out of the lower portals of diversion tunnels. View shows Diversion Tunnel No. 2 July 15th, 1932. 1337 A protecting dike of rock is left between the open cut excavation and the river at the lower portal of Diversion Tunnel No. 2. July 16th, 1932. 1333 Workmen disembarking from transport trucks at the upper portals, and going to work on the swing shift. July 16th, 1932. 1353 Low Level Concrete Mixing Plant, showing method of conveying concrete, both in 2-yard buckets and 4-yard agitators, cement is being unloaded by pneumatic suction from box cars on the left, and conveyed through pipes shown, to bins above. July 19th, 1932."
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; Colorado River, United States and Mexico, http://sws.geonames.org/4013157, 31.9, -114.95083
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/s60mexz2
Setname wsu_ucc_hjlaw
ID 44326
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s60mexz2

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Title Vol2_019_July 1932 - 004_Concrete Mixing Plant
Image Captions 1353 Low Level Concrete Mixing Plant, showing method of conveying concrete, both in 2-yard buckets and 4-yard agitators, cement is being unloaded by pneumatic suction from box cars on the left, and conveyed through pipes shown, to bins above. July 19th, 1932.
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 45175
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s60mexz2/45175