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Drilling and boring machinery

Steam-powered drill rig: photographic print

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Steam-powered well-drilling machine owned by the United Cattle and Packing Company: photographic print

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Stanley Ford operating the controls of his well-drilling equipment: photographic print

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Well-drilling rig owned and operated by Stanley Ford: photographic print

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Photograph of a drill rig putting down the hole for the first well in the Las Vegas Heights District, circa 1907

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Photograph of a gushing artesian well in the Las Vegas Valley, circa early 1900's

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Postcard showing the Evey Well, circa 1908-1909

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Photograph of a man working on a drilling rig, Taylor Ranch, before 1910

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Photograph of Earthmover, Hoover Dam, circa 1932.

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Photograph of jumbo rig, Hoover Dam, circa 1932.

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Photograph of jumbo rig, Hoover Dam, circa 1932.

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Photograph of hole-boring in process, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1933

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Photograph of bus bar drilling at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 8, 1942

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Photograph of an unidentified construction worker, Hoover Dam, 1930s

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Photograph of construction workers, Hoover Dam, 1930s

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Photograph of Key federal, state and contractor representatives who were on hand when the mole broke through the tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 6-26-69

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Photograph of Key federal, state and contractor representatives who were on hand when the mole broke through the tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 6-26-69

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Photograph of Key federal, state and contractor representatives who were on hand when the mole broke through the tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 6-26-69

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