Hoover Dam construction: power generation July 31, 1936

0002:1462: Hoover Dam construction: power generation: assembling the main power generating units, c. 1935-37: "A five-hundred-ton rotating field of one of the largest generators in the world is lowered into place by means of two traveling cranes each with a lifting capacity of 300 tons." 7/31/36 [E. H. Heinemann, photographer] [USBR photo/BCP 3590A] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative]
0002:1462

Hoover Dam construction: power generation: assembling the main power generating units, c. 1935-37: "A five-hundred-ton rotating field of one of the largest generators in the world is lowered into place by means of two traveling cranes each with a lifting capacity of 300 tons." 7/31/36 [E. H. Heinemann, photographer] [USBR photo/BCP 3590A] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: power generation July 31, 1936

Entry/Object ID

0002:1462

Description

Hoover Dam construction: power generation: assembling the main power generating units, c. 1935-37: "A five-hundred-ton rotating field of one of the largest generators in the world is lowered into place by means of two traveling cranes each with a lifting capacity of 300 tons." 7/31/36; E. H. Heinemann, photographer; USBR photo/BCP 3590A; UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative

Collection

Hoover Dam - Electrical Equipment, Hoover Dam Construction, Bureau of Reclamation, UNLV Library

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Heinemann, E.H.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Jul 31, 1936 - Jul 31, 1936

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [E. H. Heinemann, photographer] [USBR photo/BCP 3590A] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative]

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

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: N/A

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

December 30, 2025

Provenance

Notes

USBR/BCP 3590A

General Notes

Note

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

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

December 30, 2025