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Title	018_June-July 1932
Subject	Boulder City, NV; Construction-Dams; Hoover Dam; Six Companies, Inc; Utah Construction Company
Description	In 1931, Utah joined Six Companies Inc. to raise the surety required to bid for the Boulder (Hoover) Dam contract. One of the world’s largest dams, Hoover Dam was completed in 1936 at a cost of $49 million. These scrapbooks document through photographs the construction of the dam showcasing UCC'; s part in its creation.
Creator	Utah Construction Company; Six Companies, Inc.
Image Captions	"; 1349 The highway which will cross the dam, under construction. Lookout Point is shown in the center of the picture. Method of riprapping fill shown in foreground. July 18, 1932 1300 Looking downstream from Lookout Point at the highway under construction. This is a reverse view of No. 1349- July 25th, 1932. 1301 Excavation operations on highway leading to top of dam. Shovel is standing directly at damsite. June 25th, 1932 1299 Loaded and empty muck trucks pass on hairpin turns leading to spoils dumps from the Nevada spillway. Canyon in the background. June 25th, 1932.";
Publisher Digital	Stewart Library - Weber State University
Contributors	Six Companies, Inc.
Date Original	1932- 1933
Date Digital	2008
Type	Paper, Image
Original Format	black and white photographs 4 x 5.3 in. or 8 x 4.8 in. paper background 10 x 13.5 in.
Digital Format	TIFF/JPG/PDF
Digitization Specifications	Archived TIFF images were scanned by Jill Walker at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam2
Source	MS 100 Boxes 126-130
Language	eng
Relation	http://library.weber.edu/asc/ucc/regindex/default.cfm
Rights Management	Digital Image Copyright 2008. Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes, please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.

Title	000_June-July 1932
Image Captions	"; 1349 The highway which will cross the dam, under construction. Lookout Point is shown in the center of the picture. Method of riprapping fill shown in foreground. July 18, 1932 1300 Looking downstream from Lookout Point at the highway under construction. This is a reverse view of No. 1349- July 25th, 1932. 1301 Excavation operations on highway leading to top of dam. Shovel is standing directly at damsite. June 25th, 1932 1299 Loaded and empty muck trucks pass on hairpin turns leading to spoils dumps from the Nevada spillway. Canyon in the background. June 25th, 1932.";
Digital Identifier	UCCHooverDam2

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