Construction of the Hoover Dam, 1935
View at the upstream directed side of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon which is still under construction. The Hoover Dam (until 1947 Boulder Dam) is a dam was built in the years 1931-36 (221m high, 379m long) in a gorge of the Colorado River, at the border between Arizona and Nevada. It serves the flood control, electricity generation (installed capacity: 1345 MW) and irrigation
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10628538
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48195878
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Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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