"General view of a complete section of Boulder Dam transmission line in Silver Lake District, near Silver Lake Camp, showing copper cable in place", ca.1930

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Title	"General view of a complete section of Boulder Dam transmission line in Silver Lake District, near Silver Lake Camp, showing copper cable in place", ca.1930
Description	Photograph of a "general view of a complete section of Boulder Dam transmission line in Silver Lake District, near Silver Lake Camp, showing copper cable in place", ca.1930. A dirt road extends straight down the center with weeds and bushes spotting the dusty fields on either side. One skeletal tower of the transmission line stands at the top of a dirt hill in the foreground on the left while the rest extend down either side of the road at ground level until they reach the dark hills in the distance.; Photoprint reads: "General view of a complete section of Boulder Dam transmission line in Silver Lake District, near Silver Lake Camp, showing copper cable in place. A total of 6,727 tons of 1¼ inch hollow copper cable, measuring 1,620 miles in all, will be used for 270 miles of Boulder Dam transmission line from Boulder Dam to Los Angeles. Cable stringing operations are in progress in four locations along the line." -- unknown author, [s.d.].
Subject (adlf)	roadways
Subject (file heading)	Engineering -- Dams -- Hoover -- Boulder Canyon
Subject (lcsh)	Dams
Geographic subject (state)	Nevada
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1930
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1930
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	40411
Call number	CHS-40411
Legacy record ID	chs-m10348; USC-0-1-1-10491
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-40411
Archival file	chs_Volume80/CHS-40411.tiff

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