Dams

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Box includes: 1961 Reclamation Project Data, photography book on the Hoover Dam and folder of Hoover Dam miscellaneous papers.

Abstract Photograph of Samuel Judd working at his desk and Prints of architectural renderings for dams: Olympus Dam in Colorado; Hungry Horse Dam in Montana; Medicine Creek Dam in Nebraska; Heart Butte Dam in North Dakota; Boysen Dam and Power Plant in Wyoming; Kortes Power Plant, Dam and Spillway in Wyoming; Canyon Ferry, Dam and Power Plant; Boundary Monument at Falcon Dam, Texas; Bridge Canyon Dam and Power Plant proposed for Arizona but never built, Anderson Ranch Dam in Idaho, Boulder Dam and...

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Color tinted photographic prints: Estes Power Plant in Colorado, Atlus Dam in Oklahoma, Hoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, Davis Dam in Arizona, Glen Canyon, Dam and Power Plant in Arizona, Falcon Dam in Texas, and Bridge Canyon Dam and Power Plant proposed for Arizona but never built.

Black and white photographic prints: Spillway and Outlets at Davis Dam in Arizona.

Prints are photographic prints of drawings.

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One watercolor painting of a cutaway of an unknown pumping facility. Color tinted photographic prints: Yangtze Gorge Dam in China, Eklutna Power Plant in Alaska, Grand Coulee Power Plant in Washington, Epharta Office Building in Washington, Tracy Pumping Plant in California, Vista House Shasta Dam in California, Keswick Dam in California, Hungry Horse Dam in Montana, and Anderson Ranch Dam in Idaho. Prints are photographic prints of drawings.

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Pen and Ink framed drawing of Folsom Dam in California. Black and white photographic prints: Yangtze Gorge Dam and Power Plant in China, and the Parker Dam and Generating Plant in California.

Abstract The Judd Family papers trace the involvement of the Judd family in the construction industry which began with Abraham Judelowitz who arrived in Denver in the 1880s and was instrumental in the building of the first Beth haMedrosh (BMH) Synagogue. His son, Samuel Judd was born in Denver in 1892 and began as an architect and engineer at the Bureau of Reclamation in 1918. He selected sites and designed many large dams, including Hoover dam. He was the city planner for Boulder City, Nevada and...

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Car driving on the road over the Tsimlyansk power station dam. White tower on right and dam structure on right. People walking on bridge and side of road.