Building the three "cataract" boats for the 1938 Green and Colorado River expeditions, photograph from scrapbook page 1. Nevills in his cataract boat.

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Title Building the three "cataract" boats for the 1938 Green and Colorado River expeditions, photograph from scrapbook page 1. Nevills in his cataract boat.
Photo Number P0341n02_04_01
Description Photo show a boat built by Norman Nevills for his 1938 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers. This shot probably shows a test run on the San Juan River near Mexican Hat, Nevill's home base
Date 1938-05; 1938-06
Textual Date May-June 1938
Keywords Albums; Photograph albums; Scrapbooks; Boat building; Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Men; Pith helmets; Boatmen; Watercraft; Boats; Rowboats; Cataract boats; Oars
Subject Wooden boats--Utah--Photographs; Boatbuilding--Utah--Mexican Hat--Photographs; Boats and boating--Photographs; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Latitude 37.15
Longitude -109.85
Additional Information Norman D. Nevills and Don Harris, a USGS engineer based at Mexican Hat, built three strong boats using marine plywood. Norm called their wide, flat-bottomed craft with upturned bows and square sterns, "cataract" boats. The Boats were named "WEN" (William E. Nevills initials), "Botany" (the theme of the expedition), and "Mexican Hat" (Nevills and Harris home town).
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
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6417npk
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1343187
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6417npk
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