Reclamation and the arid west /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of the Interior, 1936.
Description:	1 online resource (5 min.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Energy development -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Energy development -- West (U.S.) Reclamation of land -- West (U.S.) Energy development. Reclamation of land. North America -- Colorado River. West United States. Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films. Documentary films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13644993

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Other authors / contributors:	United States. Department of the Interior, production company.
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016). In English.
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.

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