Mixer Trucks Placed on Barges as Part of Vegas Area Water Project

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Now here's something you don't come across every day. A host of concrete mixer trucks placed on barges and floated to the job site, all part of the never-ending challenges of bringing water to a thirsty Nevada region. Las Vegas tunnel contractors are pumping concrete 350 feet to the bottom of Lake Mead as part of construction for a new intake pipe to deliver drinking water to the valley.

Source: The Las Vegas Review-Journal covered the story on March 6. Read more.