Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

View of the crowd gathered around the empty reservoir of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado during the dedication ceremony. All people unidentified.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (fourth from left) talks with unidentified men at the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado. All others unidentified.

From left to right: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus; Lee Knous, Governor of Colorado; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado.

View of the entrance to the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado. Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman attended the dedication of the tunnel.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (facing camera, left) and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (facing camera, right) address the crowd at the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado. All others unidentified.

Unidentified people at the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado for its dedication ceremony.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) with unidentified men at the Oil Shale Demonstration Plant dedication in Anvil Points, Colorado.

View of the entrance to the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado. Under Secretary of the Interior attended the dedication of the tunnel.

Governor of Colorado Lee Knous (left) and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado.

Governor of Colorado Lee Knous (left) pushes the button to open the Alva B. Adams Tunnel for the first flow of water from Western Colorado to Eastern Colorado. Bureau of Reclamation engineer George Highley is at right. All others unidentified.