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File:Aerial view showing Arizona side of US 93, Hoover Dam and Switchyards on Nevada side of Colorado River Canyon - Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark HAER NV-27-29.tif

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Aerial view showing Arizona side of US 93, Hoover Dam and Switchyards on Nevada side of Colorado River Canyon - Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV
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Kenny Aerial Mapping, Inc.

Related names:

Hoover, Herbert
Bureau of Reclamation, Owner
Larson, Kate, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Title
Aerial view showing Arizona side of US 93, Hoover Dam and Switchyards on Nevada side of Colorado River Canyon - Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV
Depicted place Nevada; Clark County; Boulder City
Date 2001
Dimensions 8 x 10 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER NV-27-29
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  • Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed between 1931 to 1936, and installation of electrical generating units in the dam's hydroelectric power plant occurred from 1935 to 1961. At the time of its completion, Hoover Dam was the highest concrete arch dam in the world. By 1940 the dam's power plant was the largest hydroelectric generating plant in the world in terms of installed capacity. Hoover Dam allowed massive irrigation and municipal water systems to be built in California and Arizona, and electricity generated at the dam's power plant supported WWII war industries and post-war development in California, Arizona, and Nevada...
  • Survey number: HAER NV-27
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1963 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 81000382.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nv0244.photos.364423p
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Object location35° 58′ 43″ N, 114° 49′ 54.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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