The Hoover Dam just before its completion, 1935
The Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam until 1947) is a dam that 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 is used for flood control, electricity generation (installed capacity: 1345 MW) and irrigation
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Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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