US STARTS WORK ON BOULDER DAM (aka BOULDER DAM INAUGURATED) Secretary of the Interior Wilbur starts the work on the Hoover Dam in Boulder Canyon.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	7512
	Catalog #:	502895
	Clip Number:	502895-1
	Orginal Film:	UN 140 D
	Timecode:	01:52:18 - 01:54:08
	Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America (USA).
	Year Shot:	1930 (Estimated Year)
	Audio:	No
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CONSTRUCTION: Dams & Levees ENGINEERING: Dams LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Nevada, Las Vegas
	Description:	"US Starts Work on Boulder Dam - Las Vegas, Nev. - Secretary of Interior Wilbur inaugurates $165,000,000 reclamation project." Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America (USA). Shots of Secretary Wilbur making speech about the Hoover Dam / Boulder Dam, Nevada. He is standing in front of a crowd. He symbolically taps a railway line with a pick axe to start the project. "The site of Hoover Dam in Boulder Canyon." Shots from boat in massive canyon that will be the site of the dam. CU of map showing where the Boulder Dam will be built.

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