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Conveyance of water owned by LVLWC through pipelines owned by Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company (LASLRRC)
Date
1929 to 1951
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Las Vegas Land and Water Company (LVLWC) Corporate Documents, Reports, and Accounts
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption between October 1941 and 1942, November 12, 1942
Date
1942-11-12
Description
Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in October in 1941 and 1942.
Text
Photograph of young boy with water flippers on shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Young boy, identifed as "Bobby Miller" on the shore of Lake Mead. Inscription with photo reads "Bobby Miller (youth on water skis) M.P.(S)? Ranger at Las Vegas Wash." Photograph taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Film transparency of pumping station No. 2 in Hemenway Wash, the Boulder City, Nevada water supply system, 1931-1932
Date
1931 to 1932
Description
Pumping station No. 2 in Hemenway Wash, the Boulder City, Nevada water supply system, 1931-1932.
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Black-and-white photograph of Mary Corkhill drawing a bucket of water from the Las Vegas Creek, circa 1905
Date
1905 (year approximate)
Description
Mary Corkhill drawing a bucket of water from the Las Vegas Creek
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Petition by property owners to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District addressed to the Board of Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, after 1947
Date
1947 to open end
Description
Text of the petition circulated to real property owners within Clark County to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Also included is a map of the area to be supplied with water, which is marked with the proposed boundaries of seven divisions.
Text
Water flows over the Arizona spillway, looking south-southwest at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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Water flows over the Arizona spillway, looking south-southwest at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
Image
Water flows over the Arizona spillway, looking south-southwest at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
Image
Water flows over the Arizona spillway, looking south-southwest at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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