Title |
Hoover Dam_Barge |
Creator |
Utah Construction Company/Utah International |
Image Captions |
With the road into Black Canyon unfinished, Six Companies used barges to float crews and equipment into the dam site. Meanwhile power companies in Nevada and California hastened to deliver electricity to the site from generating stations at Victorville and San Bernadino, California. |
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/s6p0zrve |
Setname |
wsu_ucui_photo |
ID |
97508 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6p0zrve |