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Reports of Competitive Value of Falling Water for Primary Energy at Boulder Dam in Competition with Steam Power at the Load Center in Southern California
Collection
Identifier: 89-12
Abstract
Cost analysis of power produced at Boulder Dam, Nevada as compared to power produced by steam at the Load Center in southern California. The collection contains material from 1938 created by A. B. Roberts.
Dates:
1938
Walter S. Hunsaker Records
Collection
Identifier: 94-43
Abstract
The Hunsaker collection consists of some of Hunsaker's personal papers and those of his wife but a major part of the collection contains the Las Vegas business records of Leigh Hunt and his family. This collection is important because it documents the twentieth century development of Las Vegas as a resort town and illustrates the long-term impact of the construction of Hoover Dam. It also serves to illustrate the formation of a multi-business, family-held corporate structure. Dates range...
Dates:
1884-1988; Majority of material found within 1924-1980
Las Vegas, Nevada: Its Romance and History
Collection
Identifier: NC356
Abstract
Delphine A. and Charles Pemberton Squires were residents of Las Vegas from 1905-1958. Charles was a member of the League of the Southwest and the Colorado River Commission. The collection contains a history of Las Vegas and southern Nevada by the Squires, from earliest times with emphasis on the period from 1905.
Dates:
1955
Student Projects and Drawings from the Mackay School of Mines
Collection
Identifier: 93-01
Abstract
The collection includes student reports of their summer work on the Lamoille Irrigation Project south of Elko, Nevada; a technical report of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam); and a research report on construction of large tunnels for the Great Northern Railway, Ft. Peck Dam, Mono Craters (California), Yuerba Buena, and Hoover Dam. Oversize materials are technical drawings of the Galena Creek Bridge, a warehouse at Lake Tahoe, portions of the town of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Diesal Parts,...
Dates:
1912-1972
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- Hunt, Henry L. (Henry Leigh), 1886-1972 1
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