Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony, September 7, 1968

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:3563: Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony ["The groundbreaking ceremony for the first stage of the $81 million Southern Nevada Water Project September 7, 1968, was opened by Regional Director A. B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. U. S. Senator Alan Bible, far left, delivered the principal address and set off the explosion at the inlet portal of River Mountain Tunnel. Shown, second from left, is Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., who emceed the program."] 9-7-68 [USBR photo no. P952-300-8329 NA] [John L. Miles, photographer]
0002:3563

Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony ["The groundbreaking ceremony for the first stage of the $81 million Southern Nevada Water Project September 7, 1968, was opened by Regional Director A. B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. U. S. Senator Alan Bible, far left, delivered the principal address and set off the explosion at the inlet portal of River Mountain Tunnel. Shown, second from left, is Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., who emceed the program."] 9-7-68 [USBR photo no. P952-300-8329 NA] [John L. Miles, photographer]

Name/Title

Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony, September 7, 1968

Entry/Object ID

0002:3563

Description

Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony ["The groundbreaking ceremony for the first stage of the $81 million Southern Nevada Water Project September 7, 1968, was opened by Regional Director A. B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. U. S. Senator Alan Bible, far left, delivered the principal address and set off the explosion at the inlet portal of River Mountain Tunnel. Shown, second from left, is Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., who emceed the program."] 9-7-68 [USBR photo no. P952-300-8329 NA] [John L. Miles, photographer]

Collection

Bureau of Reclamation, Photographs

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Miles, John L.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Sep 7, 1968 - Sep 7, 1968

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [USBR photo no. P952-300-8329 NA] [John L. Miles, photographer]

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