Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels July 15, 1932

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:1248: Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels: "The danger of high water having passed for 1932, the concrete arch cofferdams are being blasted out of the lower portals of the diversion tunnels. View shows Diversion Tunnel No. 2." 7-15-32. [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1319 - Volume Two] [Roll 23 - Photo No. 4 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]
0002:1248

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels: "The danger of high water having passed for 1932, the concrete arch cofferdams are being blasted out of the lower portals of the diversion tunnels. View shows Diversion Tunnel No. 2." 7-15-32. [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1319 - Volume Two] [Roll 23 - Photo No. 4 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels July 15, 1932

Entry/Object ID

0002:1248

Description

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels: "The danger of high water having passed for 1932, the concrete arch cofferdams are being blasted out of the lower portals of the diversion tunnels. View shows Diversion Tunnel No. 2." 7-15-32; W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1319 - Volume Two; Roll 23 - Photo No. 4 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Bureau of Reclamation, W. A. Bechtel Collection, Six Companies Inc.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bechtel, William A.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Jul 15, 1932 - Jul 15, 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1319 - Volume Two] [Roll 23 - Photo No. 4 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.: Roll 23-Photo No.4

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

December 15, 2025

Provenance

Notes

BCL William A. Bechtel Album 2, photo No.1319

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 15, 2025