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Hoover Dam, Kingman Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

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Hoover Dam, Kingman Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

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Significance: It was constructed in 1938 to provide Hoover Dam electricity to Kingman and surrounding areas of Arizona. This is the only switchyard built entirely by a utility, rather than the Bureau of Reclamation,, and it is the only Hoover Dam switchyard on the Arizona side of Black Canyon, The switchyard has bee in continuous use since 1938.
Survey number: HAER NV-27-T
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 81000382

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Cizitens Utility Company, Engineer & Builder
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