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Title	022_July-August 1932
Subject	Boulder City, NV; Construction-Dams; Hoover Dam; Six Companies, Inc; Utah Construction Company
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.
Creator	Utah Construction Company; Six Companies, Inc.
Image Captions	"; 1388 The period of danger from high water having passed, protecting arch coffer dams are blasted from the lower portals of the diversion tunnels, and muck fill is being removed. July 27th, 1932. 1418 Trucks with 4 cubic-yard concrete agitators crossing the upstream steel suspension bridge, from the Arizona side. Upper portals of Diversion Tunnels No. 3 and No. 4 shown in background. August 13th, 1932. 1415 Side wall forms under construction to the left. Railroad tunnel No. 2 in the background, on the right. In the foreground are the concrete piers for the steel trestle, which will carry the railroad past the upper portals of Diversion Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2. August 13th, 1932. 1424 A close-up view of a section of the forms used in placing the side wall sections of the concrete lining in the diversion tunnels. August 13th, 1932.";
Publisher Digital	Stewart Library - Weber State University
Contributors	Six Companies, Inc.
Date Original	1932- 1933
Date Digital	2008
Type	Paper, Image
Original Format	black and white photographs 4 x 5.3 in. or 8 x 4.8 in. paper background 10 x 13.5 in.
Digital Format	TIFF/JPG/PDF
Digitization Specifications	Archived TIFF images were scanned by Jill Walker at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam2
Source	MS 100 Boxes 126-130
Language	eng
Relation	http://library.weber.edu/asc/ucc/regindex/default.cfm
Rights Management	Digital Image Copyright 2008. Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes, please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.

Title	000_July-August 1932
Image Captions	"; 1388 The period of danger from high water having passed, protecting arch coffer dams are blasted from the lower portals of the diversion tunnels, and muck fill is being removed. July 27th, 1932. 1418 Trucks with 4 cubic-yard concrete agitators crossing the upstream steel suspension bridge, from the Arizona side. Upper portals of Diversion Tunnels No. 3 and No. 4 shown in background. August 13th, 1932. 1415 Side wall forms under construction to the left. Railroad tunnel No. 2 in the background, on the right. In the foreground are the concrete piers for the steel trestle, which will carry the railroad past the upper portals of Diversion Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2. August 13th, 1932. 1424 A close-up view of a section of the forms used in placing the side wall sections of the concrete lining in the diversion tunnels. August 13th, 1932.";
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam2

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