The fabrication of steel pipes during the construction of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. A man stands near a complete shop unit. Three curved plates are joined to form a ring. Two men in the plant. The ring sections arranged on either side. A man operates an X-ray machine used to examine welded joints. A man at a table. A man in a laboratory tests samples of welded joints. A man takes reading after testing. Men near the ring section. Another man brings a ladder. A man steps on the ladder near the section. Men at work on the welded joints. The rings being carried by hooks The ring section taken into annealing furnace for heating to equalize bending and welding strains. A man tightens the joints in the ring section with equipment. A man near a shop unit. A hook hangs beside the unit. A rail car arrives. Men on either side of a track.
Different steps in the fabrication and installation of steel pipes during the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. Pipe sections near a plant. The pipe sections transported from the plant to the dam site on a trailer driven by a truck. The truck trailer with the pipe section on a path. Rocks in view behind the path. Motor vehicles behind the trailer. The trailer arrives at the dam site. A cable way across a canyon for taking the pipe sections to position. The cables of the cable way anchored to the canyon walls. A tower above the canyon. An operator controls the cable way from the tower. A man operates the hoisting machinery controlled by motors. A steel head tower at the site. A man on a tower. A cable carriage on a rope. A man comes down a line on the pipe section. Pipe sections carried by the cable carriage across the dam site.
Transportation and installation of steel pipes during the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. A pipe section is lowered into a canyon by cables. Cars carry the pipe sections into a tunnel. Workmen watch the procedure. Men at the entrance of the tunnel. The pipe sections are taken into the tunnel for installation. Work underway inside the tunnel. The workmen work on pipe sections. A man climbs up the section by a ladder. Other men at work on the section.
Boulder Dam site where installation work of steel pipes and concrete work is going on in the United States. The Boulder Dam site in view. Work under way in a tunnel. Rail cars bring concrete to the dam site. Construction underway at the site. Concrete taken in buckets transported by a cable way is dropped into interlocking columns. Men in the columns. A skid way in view. The structure of the dam which has risen to a considerable height. A U-shaped structure also in view.
The dedication of Boulder Dam by President Franklin Roosevelt in the United States. United States President Franklin Roosevelt speaks at a ceremony. Several dignitaries seated behind the President. The President dedicates Boulder Dam to the progress of the nation. View of whole of Boulder Dam. Vehicles pass along a road on the dam. The Lake Mead, the reservoir filling behind the dam. A boat carrying several people in the lake. Rocks in the midst of the lake.
Different parts of Boulder Dam in the United States. Four cylindrical gates of the intake towers which function as inlets to supply water to turbines and outlet works. Cliffs on either side of the dam in view. Two spill ways, each one equipped with four drum gates. The path on the bridge on the dam visible.
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