Government projects supply western U.S. with water for power, irrigation and home use
Photograph
Office of War Information
American, 1942–1945
Government projects supply western U.S. with water for power, irrigation and home use
1944–1946
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (15.9 × 11.4 cm)
Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith, 2011
Inscriptions printed in black ink on label affixed to verso, OA: GOVERNMENT PROJECTS SUPPLY WESTERN U.S. WITH WATER FOR POWER, \ IRRIGATION AND HOME USE \ (See Master Caption) \ Water rushes down the spillway of the huge Boulder Dam in the western \ U.S. state of Arizona. This dam and another structure 150 miles (240 km.) \ downstream, divert water for the domestic use of the Pacific coast city \ of Los Angeles, more than 300 miles (480 km.) away, and for 18 neighboring \ cities. The dam, which checks floods and erosion, impounds enough water \ to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of farm land. Electric power \ also is made available. \ SERVICED BY NEW YORK 10/45 TO LIST A / 24117-FO
