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Title	031_October 1931
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	"; #418-419 - Panoramic view of Lower Portals of Diversion Tunnels Kb. 1 and No. 2, taken from Arizona side, Portal of No. 2 Tunnel enlarged to full size. Compressor Plant No. 3 on the left, and boat landing in foreground, October 28, 1931. #425 - A close-up of a portion of #419 above. Marion Electric shovel, trucks and caterpillar bull¬dozer working on approach cut to Lower Portal Ho, 1. October 28-31. #318- View looking up-stream toward damsite, which is at the second bridge. Note portals to tunnels No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4. Retaining wall on highway to top of dam in upper left. October 12, 1931.";
Publisher Digital	Stewart Library - Weber State University
Contributors	Six Companies, Inc.
Date Original	1931
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 Kathleen Broeder 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	UCCHooverDam1
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_October 1931
Image Captions	"; #418-419 - Panoramic view of Lower Portals of Diversion Tunnels Kb. 1 and No. 2, taken from Arizona side, Portal of No. 2 Tunnel enlarged to full size. Compressor Plant No. 3 on the left, and boat landing in foreground, October 28, 1931. #425 - A close-up of a portion of #419 above. Marion Electric shovel, trucks and caterpillar bull¬dozer working on approach cut to Lower Portal Ho, 1. October 28-31. #318- View looking up-stream toward damsite, which is at the second bridge. Note portals to tunnels No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4. Retaining wall on highway to top of dam in upper left. October 12, 1931.";
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam1

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