![0002:3566: Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony ["Principal participants in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Southern Nevada Water Project September 7, 1968, near Saddle Island on Lake Mead are shown here. From left, are Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr.; Master of Ceremonies, U. S. Senator Alan Bible; and Regional Director A. B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. Senator Bible delivered the principal address ad detonated an explosion at the inlet portal of River Mountain Tunnel."] 9-7-68 [USBR photo no. P952-300-8335 NA] [John L. Miles, photographer]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4452/81827ce0-c124-11ee-88df-edbffe37e4b5-vdT46fm.lg@2x.jpg)
Southern Nevada Water Project - Groundbreaking Ceremony ["Principal participants in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Southern Nevada Water Project September 7, 1968, near Saddle Island on Lake Mead are shown here. From left, are Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr.; Master of Ceremonies, U. S. Senator Alan Bible; and Regional Director A. B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. Senator Bible delivered the principal address ad detonated an explosion at the inlet portal of River Mountain Tunnel."] 9-7-68 [USBR photo no. P952-300-8335 NA] [John L. Miles, photographer]