Hoover Dam construction: Water clarifier tank at the gravel plant. March 19, 1932

0002:1114: Hoover Dam construction concrete: "Water clarifier tank at the gravel plant. The water is pumped from the river two miles away and is desilted in this tank 3-19-32." [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1038 - Volume Two] [Roll 17 - Photo No. 6] [Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]
0002:1114

Hoover Dam construction concrete: "Water clarifier tank at the gravel plant. The water is pumped from the river two miles away and is desilted in this tank 3-19-32." [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1038 - Volume Two] [Roll 17 - Photo No. 6] [Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: "Water clarifier tank at the gravel plant." March 19, 1932

Entry/Object ID

0002:1114

Description

Hoover Dam construction concrete: "Water clarifier tank at the gravel plant. The water is pumped from the river two miles away and is desilted in this tank 3-19-32."; W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1038 - Volume Two; Roll 17 - Photo No. 6; Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation

Collection

W. A. Bechtel Collection, Hoover Dam Construction, Colorado River Collection, Bureau of Reclamation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bechhtel, William A.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Mar 19, 1932 - Mar 19, 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #1038 - Volume Two] [Roll 17 - 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, Construction, Concrete

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: Roll 17, Photo No.6

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

December 3, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Aug 25, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021114

Provenance

Notes

BCL William A. Bechtel Album 2. photo no.1038

General Notes

Note

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

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Update Date

August 25, 2026