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During the Great Depression, thousands of men and their families came to Black Canyon to lend their hands to the construction of the monolithic Hoover Dam. Today, the Dam is a National Historic...
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Hoover Dam is a testimony to a country's ability to construct monolithic projects in the midst of adverse conditions....
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In less than five years, during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam was built in the middle of the harshest desert in the United States, taming...
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67 mi northwest of Kingman via U.S. 93. Humanity's ability to reshape the natural world—for good or ill, depending on your viewpoint—is powerfully evident in the Hoover Dam. Completed in 1935, the dam is 726 feet high (the equivalent of a 70-story building) and 660...
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DIRECTIONS
Access US Highway 93 South and continue about 20 miles to Boulder City In Boulder City, take a left at the second stoplight in town (there are only 2 of them) Continue on US 93 to the Dam on the Nevada/Arizona border (about 7 miles from Boulder City) (Not