1948 Hoover Dam LAS VEGAS Lake Mead PROMO BROCHURE Union Pacific Railroad

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1948 Hoover Dam LAS VEGAS Lake Mead PROMO BROCHURE Union Pacific Railroad
Here is your chance to this 1948 12 panel brochure (3 7/16” x 5 ½”, folded) entitled
Visit Las Vegas Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Recreational Area
, produced by Union Pacific Railroad. Provides information about visiting the area along with a number of black & white photos of the Dam, Lake Mead, Boulder City and Las Vegas. Also includes a small map of the region and a listing of Union Pacific RR travel offices in the United States.
Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution of Congress, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was named after President Herbert Hoover.
Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium called Six Companies, Inc., which began construction on the dam in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned over the dam to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States by volume (when it is full] The dam is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction; nearly a million people tour the dam each year. The heavily-traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
The brochure is in
very good condition
. Will make a wonderful addition to any collection of of memorabilia and ephemera dealing with history of the dam or American railroads, train and transportation. Will also ship internationally, though will have determine the cost of shipping depending on where it is being shipped.
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