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Workers at the Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Ruling on application No. 12918 to appropriate underground water in Las Vegas Valley, November 30, 1949
The Las Vegas Land and Water Company protested to the application of Jack Wollenzien to drill a well near their well-field. The State Engineer agreed with the water company because of the falling water table.
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Letter from E. E. Cunningham (Los Angeles) to W. R. Armstrong (Las Vegas), November 14, 1930
Letter regarding two plans for providing water service to industrial properties along Main Street in Las Vegas. The letter mentions installation of a pipeline along the southern border of the railroad property and the installation of a lateral line by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company within the city limits . Letter was accompanied by two maps referenced below,
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 3, 1931
Bracken asks for advice regarding the Edward Clark Forwarding Company which was going to be connected to railroad water, but was being cut off by their previous provider, thus preventing them from running pipes in their basement and ultimately, endangering their goods.
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Telegram from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey, March 21, 1931
List of the steps the Union Pacific Railroad Company would follow to switch their industrial users over from their previous water providers to the railroad.
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