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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]
In March 2001, the Federal Highway Administration selected the route, which crosses the Colorado River approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) downstream of Hoover Dam. Construction of the bridge approaches began in 2003, and construction of the bridge itself began in February 2005.
The Hoover Dam was named in honor of Herbert Hoover, the nation's 31st president. As Commerce Secretary, Hoover had a pivotal role in proposing the dam's construction on the Colorado River in the ...
The 2018 novel Lords of St. Thomas, by Jackson Ellis, tells the story of the last family to vacate the flooded town of St. Thomas in 1938, following construction of the Hoover Dam and creation of Lake Mead. [65] Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and the wrecked B-29 play a large role in the setting of the video game Fallout: New Vegas. [66]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Morrison–Knudsen (MK) was an American civil engineering and construction company, with headquarters in Boise, Idaho. [7] [8]MK designed and constructed major infrastructure throughout the world and was one of the consortium of firms that built Hoover Dam, San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, and many other large projects of American infrastructure.