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| Title | 036_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 | "; # 623 View looking upstream from point near the Government water intake on the Nevada side. The lower portals of Diversion Tunnels Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are shown. The bridge in the foreground, in addition to being a footbridge, carries a six-inch compressed air-pipe, gasoline pipe and water pipe. November 29th, 1931. § 622 Jack-hammer men drilling open cut excavation to lower portal of Diversion Tunnel No. 1. Note the hard-boiled hats, which are used by Six Companies Inc. employees, and which all men working in the canyon are required to wear. November 29th, 1931. # 589 Drilling the first round in enlarging upper portal of Diversion Tunnel No. 2. The welded steel "; "; Jumbo"; "; mounted on the truck has twenty-five air-drills on it. The Swing Shift crew is waiting to go to work. November 18th, 1931. # 590 Looking downstream toward the damsite, from a point near the upper portals of Diversion Tunnel No. 2. 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. |
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| Title | 000_November 1931 |
| Digital Identifier | UCCHooverDam1 |
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