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Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, B...

Significance: It was the second-largest Federal switchyard at Hoover Dam, the switchyard provided needed power for expansion of irrigation and municipal water supplies in California during and after WWII, but i... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

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 airc... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

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 airc... More

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

Hoover Dam, Switchyard Firehouse, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark...

Significance: It was an element of the control and protection system for the Hoover Dam switchyard complex. The Firehouse was built in 1942 during rapid expansion of the switchyard complex and the generating ca... More

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, B...

Significance: It was the second-largest Federal switchyard at Hoover Dam, the switchyard provided needed power for expansion of irrigation and municipal water supplies in California during and after WWII, but i... More

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Switch Yard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Switch Yard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Cl...

Significance: It was the first and largest of the six major Federal switchyards at Hoover Dam. When the first stage of the switchyard began operations in 1936, it provided electricity at the highest voltages ev... More

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, ...

Significance: It is one of six switchyards built between 1935 and 1952 to provide terminals for major transmission lines carrying electricity to markets in California, Nevada, and Arizona. All of these faciliti... More

Wendover Air Force Base, Electric Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, Electric Building, South of Interstate 80, We...

Survey number: HABS UT-125-H Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, B...

Significance: It was the second-largest Federal switchyard at Hoover Dam, the switchyard provided needed power for expansion of irrigation and municipal water supplies in California during and after WWII, but i... More

Hamilton Field, Electric Facility Type A, East of Nave Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Electric Facility Type A, East of Nave Drive, Novato, ...

Significance: Ten of these electric switch stations and transformer vaults were constructed during the initial phase of base build up and were essential components to base operations. Four were added to the ba... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

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 airc... More

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, ...

Significance: It is one of six switchyards built between 1935 and 1952 to provide terminals for major transmission lines carrying electricity to markets in California, Nevada, and Arizona. All of these faciliti... More

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

Hoover Dam, Switchyard Firehouse, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark...

Significance: It was an element of the control and protection system for the Hoover Dam switchyard complex. The Firehouse was built in 1942 during rapid expansion of the switchyard complex and the generating ca... More

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, B...

Significance: It was the second-largest Federal switchyard at Hoover Dam, the switchyard provided needed power for expansion of irrigation and municipal water supplies in California during and after WWII, but i... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

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 airc... More

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, ...

Significance: It is one of six switchyards built between 1935 and 1952 to provide terminals for major transmission lines carrying electricity to markets in California, Nevada, and Arizona. All of these faciliti... More

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

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

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 Reclama... More

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

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

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 Reclama... More

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

Hoover Dam, Switchyard Firehouse, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark...

Significance: It was an element of the control and protection system for the Hoover Dam switchyard complex. The Firehouse was built in 1942 during rapid expansion of the switchyard complex and the generating ca... More

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