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Photograph of a man and a horse near an unidentified body of water, circa 1930s-1950s
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Las Vegas Paiute Colony water supply and sewage lines: memorandum of agreement
Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States of America and the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Legal agreement between the City of Las Vegas and the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare approving sewer line extension and waste collection to the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Includes the role of each party in the project.
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Photograph of settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City, circa 1931
Settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City.
Transcribed Notes: Stamped on back of photo: Photograph by W. A. Davis Box 1169, Las Vegas, Nevada; Notes on photo sleeve: [Setting basin for making concrete. Upstream from the Dam about 5-10 miles. R.R. track may have crossed over to Arizona.] Photographer W.A. Davis disagrees: says this is part of a water purification plant; the settling basin shown purifies water. (documentation, 4/92)
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Photograph of irrigation water from the Muddy River, circa 1948
Elbert Edwards and another man standing next to a contemporary irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back
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Photograph of water of the Muddy River diverted for irrigation, circa 1948
Elbert Edwards and another man next to a modern irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back
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Water tank belonging to the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The man in the foreground has been identified as Mr. Hilton.
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Coyote Springs Project Area – Waters of the United States: map
From the Jeff Van Ee Papers (MS-00470) -- Coyote Springs development -- Maps file.
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LVLWC Las Vegas, Nevada - proposed municipal ownership of water and power systems at Las Vegas, Nevada (2 of 2)
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LVLWC 779 - Las Vegas, Nevada - constructing 505 feet of 6-inch and 750 feet of 4-inch water mains
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LVLWC 781 - Las Vegas, Nevada - constructing 15 feet of 8-inch and 3385 feet of 6-inch water mains
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