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Title	035_October-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	"; # 414 Shovel being transported across the river on a barge to commence the operations of enlarging the tunnels from their twelve by twelve topheadings, shown in the picture, to their full diameter. October 27th, 1931. # 597 Same as # 414. Tunnel # 4 has been enlarged and driven approximately fifty feet. First round has been fired in Portral No. 3. The tunnel near the top of the cliff contains the anchorage for the cable-way from rim to rim. October 27th, 1931. # 412 View of the upper portals of Diversion Tunnels Nos. 1 and 2 on the Nevada side. Picture taken from across the river. Tunnel portal3 are totally obscured by scaling operations from above. October 27th, 1931. # 615 Same as No. 412. Tunnel No. 2 has been enlarged and driven approximately seventy-five feet. Tunnel No. 1 still obstructed by scaling operations. Note the cable-way tower on the canyon wall, also the carriage with skip attached in mid-air. November 29th, 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-November 1931
Image Captions	"; # 414 Shovel being transported across the river on a barge to commence the operations of enlarging the tunnels from their twelve by twelve topheadings, shown in the picture, to their full diameter. October 27th, 1931. # 597 Same as # 414. Tunnel # 4 has been enlarged and driven approximately fifty feet. First round has been fired in Portral No. 3. The tunnel near the top of the cliff contains the anchorage for the cable-way from rim to rim. October 27th, 1931. # 412 View of the upper portals of Diversion Tunnels Nos. 1 and 2 on the Nevada side. Picture taken from across the river. Tunnel portal3 are totally obscured by scaling operations from above. October 27th, 1931. # 615 Same as No. 412. Tunnel No. 2 has been enlarged and driven approximately seventy-five feet. Tunnel No. 1 still obstructed by scaling operations. Note the cable-way tower on the canyon wall, also the carriage with skip attached in mid-air. November 29th, 1931.";
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam1

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