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Photograph of a man and a horse near an unidentified body of water, circa 1930s-1950s

Date
1930 to 1959
Description
An image of a man kneeling next to a horse, possibly near Lake Mead.

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Las Vegas Paiute Colony water supply and sewage lines: memorandum of agreement

Date
1962-04-17
Description

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

Date
1931 (year approximate)
Description

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

Date
1948 (year approximate)
Description

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

Date
1948 (year approximate)
Description

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

Date
1937 to 1939
Description

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

Date
1990 (year approximate) to 2004 (year approximate)
Description

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)

Date
1934 to 1950
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

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LVLWC 779 - Las Vegas, Nevada - constructing 505 feet of 6-inch and 750 feet of 4-inch water mains

Date
1954
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Right-of-way and Property Documents

Mixed Content

LVLWC 781 - Las Vegas, Nevada - constructing 15 feet of 8-inch and 3385 feet of 6-inch water mains

Date
1954
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Right-of-way and Property Documents

Mixed Content