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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 ...
In 1935, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO, later AASHTO) authorized a southward extension of U.S. Route 93 from its previous southern terminus in Glendale, Nevada to Kingman, Arizona via Las Vegas, Boulder City, and a crossing of the Colorado River on the newly-constructed Hoover Dam (then known as Boulder Dam).
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 notably Winged Figures of the Republic. [3] [4]
Workers found human bones by Hoover Dam in 2009. 15 years later, officials identified the John Doe. Jordan D. Brown, CNN. ... but estimated his year of death was between 2006 and 2008.
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 ...
On August 24, 1967, Kaiser died at the age of 85 in Honolulu. He is interred in Mountain View Cemetery in the Main Mausoleum, in Oakland, California . He was outlived by his second wife, Alyce Chester Kaiser, who inherited half his fortune, [ 53 ] and by his elder son, Edgar F. Kaiser , who had been president of the Kaiser Industries ...
Shortly before his death, he was consulted on the Hoover Dam and Colorado River Aqueduct projects. He died in 1935 from a stroke, [50] and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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.