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  2. Seven Wonders of the Industrial World - Wikipedia

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    The final episode focuses on the construction of the Hoover Dam during the Great Depression of the 1930s, focusing in particular on the ruthless pace set by Frank Crowe, the builder, whose eagerness to complete the project well before schedule and subsequent exploitation of the workforce (who were desperate for any employment and were forced to ...

  3. Hoover Dam - Wikipedia

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    View upstream from Hoover Dam, October 2021, during the Southwestern North American megadrought. The changes in water flow and use caused by Hoover Dam's construction and operation have had a large impact on the Colorado River Delta. [124] The construction of the dam has been implicated in causing the decline of this estuarine ecosystem. [124]

  4. Megastructures (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    This episode presents a stage by stage look at the construction of the bridge, and the obstacles faced in its construction, including the Kobe earthquake in 1995. 2004-10-20: 2004-09-20 [4] 07 Brazil Paraguay: The World's Most Powerful Dam : Dam on the Paraná River — In the Paraná River of South America, lies the Itaipú Dam. Costing 20 ...

  5. Today in History: Hoover Dam is completed - AOL

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    It was announced that because of Hoover's passion towards the project, the dam would be named after him. As construction began in 1931, so did the Great Depression. Workers flocked to Boulder City ...

  6. Hoover Dam in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Hoover Dam has made frequent appearances in various forms of media on account of its size and national prominence within the United States. Prior to the dam's completion in 1936, the Boulder Dam construction project was likewise the subject of a number of films. [1] A 1941 photograph by Ansel Adams of the then Boulder Dam.

  7. Column: The fight over the Colorado River is a 100-year-old ...

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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.

  8. The Best Documentaries to Watch on Netflix If You've Binged ...

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    Netflix has a fantastic collection of documentaries or docuseries, from gripping true-crime tales to eye-opening environmental exposés to intimate looks into the lives of your favorite musical ...

  9. Six Companies - Wikipedia

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    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.