Hoover Dam

0008:1008: Hoover Dam - "For Immediate Release.... Officials of the Arizona Power Authority and the Bureau of Reclamation are dwarfed by this huge rotor in the power plant at Hoover Dam here being moved by two 300-ton capacity cranes - a lift of 600 tons, equivalent to the weight of three railroad locomotives. The rotor, which is for generator A-4, was lifted from the assembly pit at one end of th Arizona wing the power plant and carried to the generator approximately half way down the wing. Generator A-4 is one of two units currently being installed in the Hoover power plant for the benefit off the state of Arizona. A third unit is also being installed for the State of Nevada." [United States Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; Region 3] [Bureau of Reclamation photo BCP 8769; Mark Swain, photographer]
0008:1008

Hoover Dam - "For Immediate Release.... Officials of the Arizona Power Authority and the Bureau of Reclamation are dwarfed by this huge rotor in the power plant at Hoover Dam here being moved by two 300-ton capacity cranes - a lift of 600 tons, equivalent to the weight of three railroad locomotives. The rotor, which is for generator A-4, was lifted from the assembly pit at one end of th Arizona wing the power plant and carried to the generator approximately half way down the wing. Generator A-4 is one of two units currently being installed in the Hoover power plant for the benefit off the state of Arizona. A third unit is also being installed for the State of Nevada." [United States Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; Region 3] [Bureau of Reclamation photo BCP 8769; Mark Swain, photographer]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam

Entry/Object ID

0008:1008

Description

Hoover Dam - "For Immediate Release.... Officials of the Arizona Power Authority and the Bureau of Reclamation are dwarfed by this huge rotor in the power plant at Hoover Dam here being moved by two 300-ton capacity cranes - a lift of 600 tons, equivalent to the weight of three railroad locomotives. The rotor, which is for generator A-4, was lifted from the assembly pit at one end of th Arizona wing the power plant and carried to the generator approximately half way down the wing. Generator A-4 is one of two units currently being installed in the Hoover power plant for the benefit off the state of Arizona. A third unit is also being installed for the State of Nevada."; United States Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; Region 3; Bureau of Reclamation photo BCP 8769; Mark Swain, photographer

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Colorado River Collection, Bureau of Reclamation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Swain, Mark

Role

Photographer

Time Period

not provided

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Bureau of Reclamation photo BCP 8769; Mark Swain, photographer]

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

May 25, 2026

Create Date

November 7, 2023

Update Date

May 25, 2026