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Title	045_December 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	"; # 745 Drilling Jumbo in operation in the face of one of the Diversion Tunnels. From 20 to 25 drills can be operated at once and one-half of the face drilled in one operation. December 8th, 1931. # 671 View of the drilling Jumbo taken outside the Diversion Tunnels. It is of welded steel con¬struction, mounted on a truck chassis. December 13th, 1931. # 747 Another view of a drilling Jumbo, backed up to the tunnel--face, showing the method of con¬struction and mounting. December 8th, 1931. # 748 100-ton Marion Electric Shovel excavating blasted rock from one of the Diversion Tunnels. A three-and a half cubic yard dipper is used on these shovels. December 8th, 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_December 1931
Image Captions	"; # 745 Drilling Jumbo in operation in the face of one of the Diversion Tunnels. From 20 to 25 drills can be operated at once and one-half of the face drilled in one operation. December 8th, 1931. # 671 View of the drilling Jumbo taken outside the Diversion Tunnels. It is of welded steel con¬struction, mounted on a truck chassis. December 13th, 1931. # 747 Another view of a drilling Jumbo, backed up to the tunnel--face, showing the method of con¬struction and mounting. December 8th, 1931. # 748 100-ton Marion Electric Shovel excavating blasted rock from one of the Diversion Tunnels. A three-and a half cubic yard dipper is used on these shovels. December 8th, 1931.";
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam1

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