| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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). |
| Spatial Coverage |
Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
37.15 |
| Longitude |
-109.85 |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Norman D. and Doris Nevills |
| Relation is Part of |
Utah River Running Archives |
| Date |
1938-05; 1938-06 |
| Textual Date |
May-June 1938 |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988. |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17126/ |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6417npk |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
1343187 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6417npk |
