Hoover Dam power 1936

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

Hoover Dam power 1936

Entry/Object ID

0007:0808

Description

Hoover Dam power: generating: “Busily preparing for a spectacular Boulder Power Inaugural to be held in Los Angeles October 9, celebrating first flow of low-cost electrical power from Boulder Dam to Southern California, mechanics are pictured at work on the world's largest and fastest operating circuit breakers, installed at Victorvlle, Calif. Part of the 226-milo transmission line, the four breakers will interrupt the 275,000-volt energy flow in less than 1/10 second." Sept. 17, 1936]

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 17, 1936

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

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

April 28, 2026

Provenance

Notes

International News Reel Photo

General Notes

Note

Notes: Acc. No. 005.032

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

April 28, 2026