Summary

MS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND FREIGHT TRAINS STEAMING SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA, ON WAY TO DAM SITE MLS CARAVAN OF TRUCKS ON HIGHWAY, L TO R, ON WAY TO SITE ELECTRIC POWER GRID AS POWER LINES THRIST THROUGH BARREN WASTELAND TO SITE

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Reel Summary Shows the beginning of construction of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) project in southern Nevada Footage of Boulder City, the model housing community built to provide residences for project workers
Description MS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND FREIGHT TRAINS STEAMING SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA, ON WAY TO DAM SITE MLS CARAVAN OF TRUCKS ON HIGHWAY, L TO R, ON WAY TO SITE ELECTRIC POWER GRID AS POWER LINES THRIST THROUGH BARREN WASTELAND TO SITE
Genre AMERICANA
Color b&w
Year 1931
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