Hoover Dam construction 1931

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

BCHDDARPPC00021181.jpg: Hoover Dam construction: "Graphic Views of Hoover Dam Looking upstream on the Nevada side where a start is being made on the lower portal of one of the diversion tunnels. Circa Early 1931."[This would be tunnel No.1-NV. outer-or tunnel No.2-NV. inner.] [W. A. Davis Collection Photo #57 by W. A. Davis] [Roll 10 - Photo No. 7 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]
BCHDDARPPC00021181.jpg

Hoover Dam construction: "Graphic Views of Hoover Dam Looking upstream on the Nevada side where a start is being made on the lower portal of one of the diversion tunnels. Circa Early 1931."[This would be tunnel No.1-NV. outer-or tunnel No.2-NV. inner.] [W. A. Davis Collection Photo #57 by W. A. Davis] [Roll 10 - Photo No. 7 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction 1931

Entry/Object ID

0002:1181

Description

Hoover Dam construction: "Graphic Views of Hoover Dam Looking upstream on the Nevada side where a start is being made on the lower portal of one of the diversion tunnels. Circa Early 1931."; This would be tunnel No.1-NV. outer-or tunnel No.2-NV. inner.; W. A. Davis Collection Photo #57 by W. A. Davis; Roll 10 - Photo No. 7 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Bureau of Reclamation, Davis, Colorado River Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Davis, Winthrop A.

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1931 - circa 1931

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [W. A. Davis Collection Photo #57 by W. A. Davis] [Roll 10 - Photo No. 7 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Hoover Dam, Construction, Diversion Tunnels

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: N/A

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

December 9, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Sep 9, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021181

Provenance

Notes

BCL "Graphic Views of Hoover Dam," photo No.57

General Notes

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

[This would be tunnel No.1-NV. outer-or tunnel No.2-NV. inner.]

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 9, 2026