Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV
Summary
Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup aircraft plants, the Long Beach Shipyard, military bases, and major steel and aluminum production plants. Electricity provided by this switchyard and the SCE North and South Transmission Lines was also very important in the post-war agricultural and municipal development of California.
Survey number: HAER NV-27-E
Building/structure dates: after. 1936- before. 1940 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 81000382
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Southern California Edison Company, Engineer/Builder
Location
boulder city, 35.97822, -114.83451
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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