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Distant Love: Hoover Dam
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Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection. RC 275, Box 15, Folder 3 Arthur Nielsen, engineer for Woodard Governor Company (Rockford, IL) was called to aid in installation of six hydroelectric actuators for the Hoover (Boulder) Dam. The project took over nine months, a much greater time period than anticipated. Although he seems to enjoy the work, he is anxious to be home again and continually expresses this in his letters with great tenderness toward his wife. In this particular letter, Nielsen pridefully also describes a picnic that he cooked for, providing his family with details of his daily life while separated from them.