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November 11, 2009, was an ordinary day for two construction workers on a highway near the historic Hoover Dam on the border of Nevada and Arizona. That is, until something out of the ordinary ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 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 ...
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 ...
On the opposite spectrum, another famous photograph of the dam created by Segerblom instead emphasized the calm and recreational potential of Lake Mead. He staged several photographs with his future wife in the foreground, images which suggested that the danger previously associated with the Hoover Dam project had been eliminated.
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Arizona was girding for war with California over the Colorado River. The year was 1934 and the place was the construction site of Parker Dam, downstream from the nearly completed Hoover Dam.
As early as the 1960s, officials identified the US 93 route over Hoover Dam to be dangerous and inadequate for projected traffic volumes. From 1998 to 2001, officials from Arizona, Nevada, and several federal government agencies collaborated to determine the best routing for an alternative river crossing.
The remains of William Herman Hietamaki have finally been identified, although authorities weren't able to determine his cause of death