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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Dam in Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, US For other uses, see Hoover Dam (disambiguation). "Boulder Dam" redirects here. For other uses, see Boulder Dam (disambiguation). Dam in Arizona, U.S. Hoover Dam Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941 Official name Hoover Dam Location ...
On this day 80 years ago, a crowd of 20,000 people gathered in Nevada to watch President Franklin Delano Roosevelt commemorate the completion of the Hoover Dam. %shareLinks-quote="The work that ...
In addition to traffic safety considerations, officials were also concerned about the safety and security of Hoover Dam, specifically the impact a vehicle accident could have on the dam's operation and the waters of Lake Mead. [8] Officials first discussed the need for a new Colorado River crossing that would bypass the dam in the 1960s. [9]
Six Companies, Inc. was a joint venture of construction companies that was formed to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in Nevada and Arizona. [1]They later built Parker Dam, a portion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the Colorado River Aqueduct across the Mojave and Colorado Deserts to urban Southern California, and many other large projects.
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Hostility and mistrust are at the heart of the inability of California and six other states to reach an agreement on the Colorado River.
A deadly disaster in California nearly derailed the Hoover Dam; The U.S. broke labor laws to build the Hoover Dam; The Hoover Dam destroyed a town; The Hoover Dam leaked for nine years after it was built; The only grave at the Hoover Dam belongs to a dog; The largest lake in California was created by accident; Heavy firepower was used to ...
Authorities in Arizona say human remains found by the Hoover Dam in 2009 belong to a man who was last seen in 1995. William Herman Hietamaki was last seen by family in 1995 “when he went to ...