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Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Aerial view of Boulder Dam and Lake Mead.

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Title Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Aerial view of Boulder Dam and Lake Mead.
Photo Number P0341n02_05_19
Description View of Boulder Dam (renamed Hoover Dam in 1947), on the Colorado River. Probably take during the 1938 Nevills Expeditions tour of the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1938
Date 1938-06-20; 1938-08-01
Textual Date June 20-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)
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Latitude 36.0159558
Longitude -114.7375177
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.
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.
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6qv4c32
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1343136
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qv4c32
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