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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]
Memorial at Hoover Dam, commemorating 112 deaths during its construction. Inscription: They died to make the desert bloom [1] Oskar J. W. Hansen (March 12, 1892 [2] – August 31, 1971 [3]) was a Norwegian-born, naturalized American sculptor. He is most associated with the design of many of the sculptures on and around the Hoover Dam, most ...
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 ...
The remains of William Herman Hietamaki have finally been identified, although authorities weren't able to determine his cause of death Human Remains Found Near Hoover Dam in 2009 Identified as ...
The tight time frame caused even more friction and peril and by the time the project was finished in 1936, over 100 workers had died in the process. The Hoover Dam was the largest dam and ...
The Hoover Dam construction project and Frank Crowe's role (portrayed by actor Jay Benedict) was dramatised in an episode of the BBC's 2003 docudrama television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. [4] The project and Frank Crowe's role was also dramatized in The History Channel's series America: The Story of Us in episode 9 ...
Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882 – August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health care. Prior to World War II, Kaiser was involved in the construction industry; his company was one of those that built the Hoover ...
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.