Herbert Wheaton Papers

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

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Name/Title

Herbert Wheaton Papers

Entry/Object ID

MS.38

Scope and Content

Herbert H. Wheaton [1898-1996] was a prominent civil engineer whose early work was associated with studies behind the construction of Hoover Dam. Wheaton was involved in the Hoover Dam Cooperative Investigations program, established by the Bureau of Reclamation, at the University of California's Civil Engineering Laboratory. In particular, Wheaton's studies on temperature regulation in large concrete structures were instrumental in solving the problem of cooling the concrete at Hoover Dam. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Primary Level

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 38 Herbert Wheaton Papers inventory [1 box] Box 1 of 1 ff no. 1. vita 2. article - "Imperial Valley, Calif." [from "Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia," 1993-94] 3. article - "Siphon-Spillway Models Tested Against Prototypes," by Herbert Wheaton ["Engineering News-Record" (August 18, 1932), 3 pp] 4. article - "Die Boulder-Talsperre," by Herbert Wheaton ["Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure" (20 January 1934), pp. 75-80] 5. article - "The Boulder Dam," by Herbert Wheaton [1997 transla- tion of "Die Boulder-Talsperre"] 6. article - "Report on the Application of the Finite Difference Method of Computation to the Problems of Temperature Distribution in Mass Concrete," by Herbert Wheaton [August 26, 1932 (17 pp)], c. 1 of 2 7. article - "Report on the Application of the Finite Difference Method of Computation to the Problems of Temperature Distribution in Mass Concrete," by Herbert Wheaton [August 26, 1932 (16 pp)], c. 2 of 2 * * *

Location

Location

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Research Room, Rolling Rack 2

Date

March 10, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wheaton, Herbert

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 19, 2002

Updated By

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Update Date

June 17, 2026