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The Building of Hoover Dam World History ~ Stretching across the Colorado River Hoover Dam was one of the great engineering feats of the 20th century and forever changed the American southwest The BoulderCanyon Project Act signed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928 began the process that ultimately led to the construction of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River

Building of Hoover Dam begins HISTORY ~ Building of Hoover Dam begins originally had his vision for the Hoover Dam back in 1902 and his engineering report on the topic became the guiding document when plans were finally made to

Building Hoover Dam A wonder of engineering ~ The American Society of Civil Engineers named Hoover Dam one of Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders in 1955 along with such landmarks as the Empire State Building and the Panama Canal Landov

Building the Hoover Dam 19311936 ~ Although the dam would take only five years to build its construction was nearly 30 years in the making Arthur Powell Davis an engineer from the Bureau of Reclamation originally had his vision for the Hoover Dam back in 1902 and his engineering report on the topic became the guiding document when plans were finally made to begin the dam in

Building Hoover Dam in pictures 19311936 ~ The architect of Hoover Dam was Gordon B Kaufmann known for his design of the Los Angeles Times Building Kaufmann not only took structural design in consideration but also applied an elegant

Hoover Dam ~ Hoover Dam was without precedent the greatest dam of its day it is still a worldrenowned structure Located in Black Canyon between Nevada and Arizona the dam is a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers named it one of Americas Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders Construction of Hoover Dam began in 1931 and the last concrete was poured in 1935 2 years ahead of schedule President Franklin D

7 Things You Might Not Know About the Hoover Dam HISTORY ~ Hoover Dam created America’s largest reservoir Formed by the damning of the Colorado River Lake Mead the nation’s largest reservoir covers about 248 square miles and is capable of holding some 289 million acrefeet of water an acrefoot is equivalent to about 325000 gallons

Hoover Dam Wikipedia ~ Hoover Dam is a concrete archgravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River on the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30 1935 by President Franklin D Roosevelt Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers and cost over one hundred lives Originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933 it was officially renamed Hoover Dam for Presid