Title |
Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Grand Wash Cliffs of Lake Mead. |
Photo Number |
P0341n02_05_20 |
Description |
Photo shows the Grand Wash Cliffs from Lake Mead. Lack of river current forced the oarsmen of the 1938 Nevills Expedition to row hard to get anywhere. This photo probably dates from August 1, shortly before their "rescue" by a power boat piloted by Buzz Holmstrom |
Date |
1938-07-31; 1938-08-01 |
Textual Date |
July 31-August 1, 1938 |
Keywords |
Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada); Colorado River (Colorado-Mexico); Reservoirs (water distribution structures); Boulder Dam (Arizona and Nevada); Hoover Dam (Arizona and Nevada); Hydraulic structures; Hydraulic facilities; Dams; Arch-gravity dams; Concrete dams; Black Canyon (Arizona and Nevada); Grand Wash Cliffs (Arizona) |
Subject |
Boats and boating--Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)--Photographs; Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)--Photographs; Grand Wash Cliffs (Ariz.)--Photographs; Nevills Expeditions |
Spatial Coverage |
Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.); Grand Wash Cliffs (Ariz.) |
Latitude |
36.091944 |
Longitude |
-113.9083 |
Additional Information |
The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States in maximum water capacity. On July 30 they reached the eastern end of Lake Mead, where at full capacity it reaches into the Grand Canyon east of the Grand Wash Cliffs. |
Collection Number and Name |
P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Norman D. and Doris Nevills |
Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17126/ |
Relation is Part of |
Utah River Running Archives |
Donated By/Purchased From |
Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988. |
Rights |
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Type |
Image |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6z32q88 |
Setname |
uum_map_rr |
ID |
1343139 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z32q88 |