Hoover Dam construction: penstocks 1933-34

0002:1385

0002:1385

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: penstocks 1933-34

Entry/Object ID

0002:1385

Description

Hoover Dam construction: penstocks: Babcock and Wilcox shaping rollers for penstock pipes. Circa 1933-34; Boulder City Library Association Volume II - 1933-1939; Roll 2 - Photo No. 6 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation

Collection

Boulder City Library, Hoover Dam Construction, Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam - Electrical Equipment

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1933 - circa 1934

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Boulder City Library Association Volume II - 1933-1939] [Roll 2 - Photo No. 6 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, Penstocks

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 29, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Sep 29, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021385

Provenance

Notes

USBR photo

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

[The "Boulder Roll" which bent & shaped the sheet steel that was welded together to form the penstock sections.]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Update Date

September 29, 2026