Glen Canyon (US Bureau of Reclamation) Collection, 1957-1963

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Glen Canyon (US Bureau of Reclamation) Collection, 1957-1963

Photographs of Glen Canyon and the surrounding environs taken prior to, and during, the construction of Glen Canyon Dam.

192 black-and-white photographic images.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633431

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...