Hoover Dam Switchyard and Transformers 1940-1950s

Photograph

Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:1493

Name/Title

Hoover Dam Switchyard and Transformers 1940-1950s

Entry/Object ID

0002:1493

Description

Hoover Dam power generation: Switchyard and Transformers, c. 1940s-50s; USBR photo/BCP 6204

Collection

Hoover Dam - Electrical Equipment, Bureau of Reclamation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

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

Role

Photographer

Date made

1940 - 1959

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [USBR photo/BCP 6204]

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

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

December 31, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Oct 6, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021493

Provenance

Notes

USBR/BCP 6204

General Notes

Note

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

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

October 6, 2026