Hoover Dam

INTRODUCTION The Hoover Dam, built over sixty years ago, still stands today as one of the world’s most outstanding engineering achievements. It has successfully tamed the wild Colorado River by spanning from the Nevada wall to the Arizona wall. As soon as approval was given to begin work on the Boulder Canyon project, people across America knew that completion of the Hoover Dam would be a milestone in construction history. The Hoover Dam has …

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