WEBHoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) south-east of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California.
WEBApr 14, 2010 · Altogether, some 21,000 workers contributed to its construction. Hoover Dam fulfilled the goal of disseminating the one-wild Colorado River through the parched Southwest landscape, fueling the ...
WEBA project of astounding proportions. At the time of its construction, Hoover Dam was mankind’s most massive masonry structure since the Great Pyramids. In all, it took this―and more―to create Hoover Dam: 4.4 million cubic yards of concrete. 88 million pounds of plate steel and outlet pipes.
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Hoover Dam | Description, Location, Constructino, Facts, History
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Hoover Dam, dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, at the Arizona - Nevada border, U.S. Constructed between 1930 and 1936, it is the highest concrete arch- gravity dam in the United States. It impounds Lake Mead, which extends for 115 miles (185 km) upstream and is one of the largest artificial lakes in the world.
WEBLast Updated: 3/12/15. Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region. Official Bureau of Reclamation Web Site for Hoover Dam. Information provided about the construction of the dam, how it works, and how to take a tour of the dam.
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Nevada and Arizona: Hoover Dam - U.S. National Park Service
WEBBuilding Hoover Dam was a monumental undertaking. Construction required 5 million barrels of cement and 45 million pounds of reinforcement steel. The mass of concrete used weighed 6.6 million tons and would pave a road stretching from San Francisco to …
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The Hoover Dam - The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and …
WEBHoover Dam was built for a cost of $49 million (approximately $760 million adjusted for inflation). The power plant and generators cost an additional $71 million. The sale of electrical power generated by the dam paid back its construction cost, with interest, by …
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Building of Hoover Dam begins | July 7, 1930 | HISTORY
WEBNov 24, 2009 · On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as...
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The Men Who Built the Dam | American Experience | PBS
WEBRising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to...
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"The Greatest Dam in the World": Building Hoover Dam (Teaching …
WEBConstruction began in 1931. Americans began coming to see the big dam long before it was completed four years later. Most had to travel many miles, at the end through a hostile desert, to reach this location on the border between Nevada and Arizona.
