Hoover Dam construction

0002:1194: Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels: "Jumbo rig. First operation. Giant Jumbo's whose steel frames rested on International trucks backed up to tunnel headings and with those 20 pneumatic drills soon bored the holes for the giant sticks of powder." [0120 0153 folder 123 Ray Cutright Collection] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative] [USBR photo]
0002:1194

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels: "Jumbo rig. First operation. Giant Jumbo's whose steel frames rested on International trucks backed up to tunnel headings and with those 20 pneumatic drills soon bored the holes for the giant sticks of powder." [0120 0153 folder 123 Ray Cutright Collection] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative] [USBR photo]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction

Entry/Object ID

0002:1194

Description

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels: "Jumbo rig. First operation. Giant Jumbo's whose steel frames rested on International trucks backed up to tunnel headings and with those 20 pneumatic drills soon bored the holes for the giant sticks of powder."; 0120 0153 folder 123 Ray Cutright Collection; UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative; USBR photo

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Cutright, Bureau of Reclamation, UNLV Library

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Cutright, Ray

Role

Photographer

Date made

1932 - 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [0120 0153 folder 123 Ray Cutright Collection] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative] [USBR photo]

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.: 0120 0153 folder 123

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

December 9, 2025

Provenance

Notes

UNLS Ray Cutwright Collection.

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: copy neg. June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

December 9, 2025