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Hoover Dam - Construction

UNLV Special Collections

A picture shows the swing shift at the Hoover Dam lined up at the paymaster's window on Jan. 25, 1932. Men working on the dam were paid on the 10th and 25th of each month. Each worker earns about 50 cents an hour during the Great Depression.