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LVLWC, Las Vegas, Nevada - proposed municipal ownership of water and power (2 of 2)
Date
1954 to 1955
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
Mixed Content
Las Vegas, Nevada - water facilities additions, replacements and renewals maintenance (3 of 3)
Date
1923 to 1936
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
Mixed Content
Photograph of speedboats on the water, Lake Mead, 1950
Date
1950
Description
Colorado River, Lake Mead. Spectators stand on the shore as recreational boat races take place.
Image
Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945
Date
1945-03-15
Description
Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.
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Memo from William Reinhardt about obtaining water from Lake Mead, September 8, 1935
Date
1953-09-08
Description
The proposed water district would probably have an easier time getting water from Lake Mead than the privately owned water company. "BCC -- E E Bennett" is written in pencil at the top. Memo has two date stamps from E.E.B. and U.P. R.R. Co. L.A. Law Department.
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Photograph of water being released downstream of Hoover Dam, 1934-1952
Date
1934 to 1952
Description
A downstream view of the Hoover Dam where you can see where the water is taken in and expelled to create power.
Image
Las Vegas, Nevada - water facilities additions, replacements and renewals maintenance (2 of 3)
Date
1945 to 1946
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
Mixed Content
Photograph of the Water Board, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
The Water Board with C.D. Baker [left], Carl Hyde, and A.C. Grant [right]
Image
Southern Nevada Water Authority and Las Vegas Valley Water District Documents: digital files, 1996 to 2013
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File
Archival Collection
Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00648
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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LVLWC, Las Vegas, Nevada - proposed municipal ownership of water and power
Date
1953 to 1956
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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