Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite

0002:0968: Hoover Dam - construction: Black Canyon damsite: "Looking upstream into Black Canyon toward Hoover Dam site, showing outlet portals of four diversion tunnels and blasting in outlet valvehouse at excavations." 12-31-32 [Photo by B. D. Glaha] [USBR/Wash. No. 01500]
0002:0968

Hoover Dam - construction: Black Canyon damsite: "Looking upstream into Black Canyon toward Hoover Dam site, showing outlet portals of four diversion tunnels and blasting in outlet valvehouse at excavations." 12-31-32 [Photo by B. D. Glaha] [USBR/Wash. No. 01500]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite

Entry/Object ID

0002:0968

Description

Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite: "Looking upstream into Black Canyon toward Hoover Dam site, showing outlet portals of four diversion tunnels and blasting in outlet valvehouse at excavations." 12-31-32; Photo by B. D. Glaha; USBR/Wash. No. 01500

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Colorado River Collection, Bureau of Reclamation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Glaha, Ben D.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Dec 31, 1932 - Dec 31, 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Photo by B. D. Glaha] [USBR/Wash. No. 01500]

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, Black Canyon

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

November 26, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Aug 13, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00020968

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo Wash No.01500

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Update Date

August 13, 2026