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Reclamation and the arid west / [United States Department of the Interior].

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
United States. Department of the Interior.
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Energy development--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Energy development.
Energy development--West (U.S.).
Reclamation of land--West (U.S.).
Reclamation of land.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (5 minutes)
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of the Interior, 1936.
Language Note:
In English.
Original language in English.
System Details:
data file
Summary:
Shows the Colorado River, electric power transmission lines, and a steel plant in operation. A train brings materials, fuel, and workmen to Boulder City to build Boulder Dam. Close-ups are shown of buckets on cable cars dumping cement into the coffer dam. Includes views of the power lines and towers at the dam site, the switches to control the power, and the completed dam; and the farms, homes, and orchards made possible by power and water from the dam.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016).
OCLC:
950267730

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