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Title	038_November 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	"; # 641 Indicative of the wide range of temperature at Boulder City, which reaches 115 in the summer. shows what was officially summer, this view shows what was in seventeen reported as the third snow-storm in seventeen years. The temperature dropped to 24. November 21st, 1931. 643 View along the Government highway to the dam site to the dam site in the center foreground. Fortification Hill and snow-covered Arizona mountains beyond. November 21st, 1931. 642 View of snow-covered mountains, looking north across Hemenway Wash, from Government highway toward 55 damsite. November 21st, 1931. # 600 Looking upstream from the "; "; Gate-way"; "; . The hill in the background will form a small island when the dam is completed. November 18th, 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_November 1931
Image Captions	"; # 641 Indicative of the wide range of temperature at Boulder City, which reaches 115 in the summer. shows what was officially summer, this view shows what was in seventeen reported as the third snow-storm in seventeen years. The temperature dropped to 24. November 21st, 1931. 643 View along the Government highway to the dam site to the dam site in the center foreground. Fortification Hill and snow-covered Arizona mountains beyond. November 21st, 1931. 642 View of snow-covered mountains, looking north across Hemenway Wash, from Government highway toward 55 damsite. November 21st, 1931. # 600 Looking upstream from the "; "; Gate-way"; "; . The hill in the background will form a small island when the dam is completed. November 18th, 1931.";
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam1

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