The Colorado River Aqueduct Project

Photograph

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Exhibit Envoy

Name/Title

The Colorado River Aqueduct Project

Entry/Object ID

PFM.27

Description

Section 5 - Drillers, Muckers, and Blasters

Collection

Susie Keef Smith Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Susie Keef Smith

Date made

1934

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

12-1/4 in

Depth

3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Framed

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

The Colorado River Aqueduct Project was a 242-mile pipeline constructed during the Great Depression. A company called Dixon and Bent operated this grasshopper conveyor, made to haul materials. Susie Keef Smith photograph, 1934. Susie Keef Smith Collection.