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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.200.05.A
Description
Hoover Dam/Lake Mead/Boulder Canyon Project
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
1/1/1950
Title
The Story of Hoover Dam: Conservation Bulletin No. 9
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