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Hoover Dam, Nevada Downstream Waste Tailings, Near the Lower Portal Tunnel Access Road, Boulder City, Clark County, NV
Summary
Significance: They were an important feature in the construction of Hoover Dam. The tailings resulted from excavation of tunnels for diversion of the Colorado River, for penstock and spillway facilities, for lower-level access to the Hoover Dam power plant, and for other dam-related facilities.
Survey number: HAER NV-27-W
Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1937 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 81000382
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Six Companies, Inc., Builder
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Location
boulder city, 35.97822, -114.83451
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
