Name/Title
Southern Nevada Water Project groundbreaking ceremony, September 7, 1968Entry/Object ID
0002:2529Description
Southern Nevada Water Project- groundbreaking ceremony, September 7, 1968 ["U.S. Senator Alan Bible delivers principal address at ground-breaking for Southern Nevada Water Project, September 7, 1968, near Saddle Island on Lake Mead. Moments later, he detonated the explosion at inlet portal of River Mountains Tunnel, 1.7 miles west of ground-breaking ceremony site. At left is Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N.B. Bennett, Jr. who was Master of Ceremonies for the event."; USBR photo P952-300-8332; John L. Miles, photographerCollection
USBRMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Miles, John L.Role
PhotographerDate made
Sep 7, 1968 - Sep 7, 1968Notes
Original or Negative: Original
[USBR photo P952-300-8332; John L. Miles, photographer]Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Alan Bible, NB. Bennett, Lake MeadOther Names and Numbers
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Negative No.: N/ADimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: (8 x 10)Location
Location
* Untyped Location
Research roomDate
February 9, 2026Provenance
Notes
USBR photo 952-300-8332General Notes
Note
Negative Location: N/A
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February 9, 2026![0002:2529: Southern Nevada Water Project- groundbreaking ceremony, September 7, 1968 ["U.S. Senator Alan Bible delivers principal address at ground-breaking for Southern Nevada Water Project, September 7, 1968, near Saddle Island on Lake Mead. Moments later, he detonated the explosion at inlet portal of River Mountains Tunnel, 1.7 miles west of ground-breaking ceremony site. At left is Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N.B. Bennett, Jr. who was Master of Ceremonies for the event."
[USBR photo P952-300-8332; John L. Miles, photographer]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4452/62a10630-e3b1-11ed-973a-f9fef021eb70-vdT470G.lg@2x.jpg)
![0002:2529: Southern Nevada Water Project- groundbreaking ceremony, September 7, 1968 ["U.S. Senator Alan Bible delivers principal address at ground-breaking for Southern Nevada Water Project, September 7, 1968, near Saddle Island on Lake Mead. Moments later, he detonated the explosion at inlet portal of River Mountains Tunnel, 1.7 miles west of ground-breaking ceremony site. At left is Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation N.B. Bennett, Jr. who was Master of Ceremonies for the event."
[USBR photo P952-300-8332; John L. Miles, photographer]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4452/6c7f6c00-e3b1-11ed-973a-f9fef021eb70-vdT470G.lg@2x.jpg)