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	Hoover Dam Construction History \| Hoover Dam Information
		The Herbert Hoover administration changed the name from Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam in 1930 as a political move.
		As an arch-gravity dam, the massive water pressure of up to 45,000 pounds per square foot at the base of Hoover Dam, is held back by gravity.
		Also see our other articles about Hoover Dam including how it was built, the men of Hoover Dam, the construction of its diversion tunnels and the high-scaler daredevils.
	www.arizona-leisure.com /hoover-dam-building.html (717 words)

	Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam
		Hoover Dam Tours - The information that you need to plan your trip.
		Crossing Hoover Dam: A Guide for Motorists - Not all vehicles are allowed to cross the dam.
		The Story of Hoover Dam - A series of articles that explain the history and some of the technical aspects of the dam.
	www.usbr.gov /lc/hooverdam (271 words)

	Hoover Dam - Hoover Dam Las Vegas - Vegas Attractions \| VEGAS.com
		The dam is named after America's 31st president, Herbert Hoover, who played a large role in bringing the nearby states into agreement about water allocations, settling a 25-year controversy.
		The dam has been called Boulder Canyon Dam as well as Boulder Dam, but Hoover Dam was reinstated as the official name by Congress in 1947.
		The Hoover Dam Power Plant Tour begins with a brief video show depicting the history of Hoover Dam and how it came to be.
	www.vegas.com /attractions/outside_lasvegas/hooverdam.html (749 words)

	Hoover Dam - MSN Encarta
		Hoover Dam, dam on the border of the states of Nevada and Arizona, situated in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, near Las Vegas, Nevada.
		The reservoir formed behind the dam, Lake Mead, is one of the largest artificially created bodies of water in the world; it covers an area of 603 sq km (233 sq mi), and its shoreline measures 885 km (550 mi).
		The hydroelectric generators of Hoover Dam, which are capable of supplying nearly 1.5 million kilowatts of power, provide electricity to Arizona, Nevada, and southern California.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571444/Hoover_Dam.html (197 words)

	Hoover Dam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hoover Dam was originally to be known as Boulder Dam, this was because it was to be built at Boulder Canyon a few miles upstream on the Colorado River.
		Actual construction of the dam began on September 30th 1930 and one of the first projects was to divert the mighty Colorado River, this was done by digging four tunnels, two on each side of the canyon to divert the water past the construction site.
		Hoover Dam is 726.4 feet (221.406m) tall from foundation to the road that runs across the top of the dam.
	www.kenrowe.net /Journey/HooverDam/HooverDam.htm (568 words)

	PowerPedia:Hoover Dam - PESWiki
		Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete Dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between Arizona and Nevada.
		The dam and the powerplant are operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
		The switchyard of Hoover Dam powerstation is situated in the canyon.
	peswiki.com /index.php/PowerPedia:Hoover_Dam (2733 words)

	Teachers' Domain: Hoover Dam
		To remain stable, a dam must be strong enough in compression to resist the horizontal pressing force of millions, even trillions of gallons of water that would otherwise topple the structure or send it sliding down the river valley.
		To counter the force of the water, which presses horizontally against the dam, the dam itself and the rock either side of it and beneath it must provide an equal force from the opposite direction.
		Some dams, known as gravity dams, rely on their mass, or quantity of matter, to manage the load of the water.
	www.teachersdomain.org /6-8/sci/phys/mfw/bbhooverdam/index.html (475 words)

	Hoover Dam at AllExperts
		Hoover Dam (), also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada.
		The dam is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
		The switchyard of Hoover Dam powerstation is situated in the canyon.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/ho/hoover_dam.htm (2985 words)

	Hoover Dam pictures and visitor information
		Hoover Dam is approximately 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada in Black Canyon on the Colorado River straddling the Arizona-Nevada boarder.
		Hoover Dam is a National Landmark that is considered to be one of the greatest engineering works in history and was a symbol of hope during the Great Depression.
		Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity type dam weighing more than 6.6 million tons and containing more than.25 million cubic yards of concrete requiring more than 5 million barrels of cement.
	www.inetours.com /Las_Vegas/pages/Hoover_Dam.html (875 words)

	LMR use at Hoover Dam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hoover Dam is arguably one of the best examples of a "wonder of modern engineering." Built during the Depression years and engineered with a slide rule, this structure still serves the American West today, some 65-plus years after its construction.
		Hoover Dam is also the control center for a vast electrical and water transport system-all connected by radio.
		Hoover Dam is part of a larger complex comprising Hoover Dam; Davis Dam and Parker Dam; Lakes Mead, Mojave and Havasu; river level controls and diversion projects that feed water to Nevada, Arizona and California.
	mrtmag.com /mag/radio_lmr_hoover_dam/index.html (1289 words)

	The Hoover Dam, Arizona/Nevada - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
		In 1955, the dam was selected as one of the Seven Modern Engineering Wonders in the USA by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
		Tours of Hoover Dam: New visitor facilities were constructed in the late 1990s although parking is still limited, especially for large vehicles which have to use overflow areas on the Arizona side.
		Hoover Dam Bypass: US 93 is a wide dual carriageway for most of its length, as befitting the main route between Arizona and Nevada, but for a short distance either side of Hoover Dam it becomes a steep, narrow, two lane road with a 15 mph speed limit.
	www.americansouthwest.net /arizona/lake_mead/hoover_dam.html (453 words)

	azcentral.com travel \| Hoover Dam
		The dam, which was built in the 1930s, is filled with Art Deco detail: The interior's terrazzo floor is decorated with medallions of Deco takes on Southwestern Indian designs; the elevator doors are Deco-sculpted.
		When the dam was completed in 1935, underbudget and ahead of schedule, it promised ''a new era of prosperity and development in the Southwest,'' as one contemporary publication put it.
		At the bottom of the dam is the power station, which would look as normal as pie in any industrial, urban setting, but looks surreal at the bottom of an andesite canyon.
	www.azcentral.com /travel/arizona/features/articles/archive/hoover.html (607 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Hoover Dam
		Hoover Dam is 726.4 feet high, 45 feet thick at the top, 600 feet thick at the bottom and 1,244 feet across the top.
		Even though there are now taller dams and ones that generate more electricity, B of R guides will tell you, Hoover Dam still has a certain "mystique." Its unprecedented achievement and its testament to the power of vision impress all who come.
		On your way to or from the dam, you will likely pass through Boulder City, which was created to house the more than 5,000 workers who came, in the heart of the Great Depression, to work on the dam.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635196963,00.html (1426 words)

	Terri Lynn's Vacations - Hoover Dam
		Hoover Dam is located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas on U.S. Highway 93 at the Nevada-Arizona border.
		Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity type, in which the water load is carried by both gravity action and horizontal arch action.
		The first concrete for the dam was placed on June 6, 1933, and the last concrete was placed in the dam on May 29, 1935.
	t_hogue7.tripod.com /hoover/hoover.html (166 words)

	Biography of Herbert Hoover
		After the Armistice, Hoover, a member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration, organized shipments of food for starving millions in central Europe.
		Hoover became the scapegoat for the depression and was badly defeated in 1932.
		Over the years, Hoover wrote many articles and books, one of which he was working on when he died at 90 in New York City on October 20, 1964.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/hh31.html (609 words)

	Hoover Dam, Nevada
		THE HOOVER DAM stands on the Colorado River on the border of Arizona and Nevada and is one of the world's largest dams.
		The dam is a major supplier of hydroelectric power and also provides for flood control, river regulation, and improved navigation of the Colorado River.Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam, 726 ft (221 m) high and 1,244 ft (379 m) wide.
		The dam was built in vertical columns with blocks varying in size from about 60 feet square at the upstream face of the dam to about 25 feet square at the downstream face.
	colinday.bravepages.com /nevada/hooverdamp1.html (443 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Recreation: Parks
		Hoover Dam is 726.4 feet high, 1,244 feet long, 660 feet thick at the base, and 45 feet thick at the crest.
		Two spillways, one on each side of the canyon, protect the dam and powerhouse from overflow and are each large enough to float the greatest battleship.
		Hoover Dam is located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas on State Highway 93.
	www.reviewjournal.com /recreation/parks/hooverdam.html (480 words)

	Hoover Dam
		And the dam was one of the visual highlights of the trip, Lake Tahoe and surrounding mountains notwithstanding.
		Hoover Dam was built to keep the lower Colorado River from flooding, and to provide water to the Southwest United States; power was an afterthought.
		Hoover Dam is a stunning example of infrastructure as art.
	www.bristor.net /hooverdam.html (769 words)

	The Hoover Dam Bypass
		Travelers approaching the dam are quickly made aware of the glaring dichotomy that exists between the dam, which has tamed the mighty Colorado River and put its waters to use for man, and the highway leading to the dam, which remains at the mercy of the steep canyon walls within which the dam is nestled.
		Hoover Dam is Black Canyon's most prominent denizen, but in the eyes of many environmentalists, not necessarily its most important.
		Traffic congestion at the dam was worse than ever, and authorities were convinced that a major catastrophe involving hazardous materials was inevitable unless interstate and international traffic could be diverted from the dam.
	www.tfhrc.gov /pubrds/julaug99/hoover.htm (2431 words)

	Hoover Dam. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Hoover Dam (HOO-vuhr), on the Colorado R. bet.
		A key unit on the Colorado R., the dam is a major supplier of hydroelectric power and provides for flood control, river regulation, and improved navigation.
		Dam is focal point of Lake Mead Natl.
	www.bartleby.com /69/75/H04675.html (179 words)

	Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam: Tour Center
		The Hoover Dam Visitor Center is open every day of the year except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
		Semi-trucks (18-wheelers) are prohibited from crossing the dam.
		Hoover Dam is located in a desert climate.
	www.usbr.gov /lc/hooverdam/service/index.html (448 words)

	BUILDING BIG: Databank: Hoover Dam
		The Hoover Dam is a curved gravity dam.
		Today, the Hoover Dam is the second highest dam in the country and the 18th highest in the world.
		There is enough concrete in Hoover Dam (4.5 million cubic yards) to build a two-lane road from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, or a four-foot-wide sidewalk around the Earth at the Equator.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/hoover.html (360 words)

	Hoover Dam Tour
		The visitors' center at Hoover Dam, while it fulfills an obvious and necessary function, is also worth taking the time to appreciate on its own.
		At the time it was built, Hoover Dam was the tallest dam ever built; it is still an engineering marvel.
		Hoover Dam was built to control flooding on the Colorado River, and this is perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this engineering achievement.
	www.firelily.com /stuff/hoover/index.html (145 words)

	The Hoover Dam
		nside of the bottom of the dam is a massive powerplant, which takes up a total of 10 acres of floor space, with 17 main turbines inside of the generator rooms, which along with service stations units, produces about 4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year.
		ake Mead, a reservoir created by the construction of the dam that covers 247 square miles and holds roughly 326,000 gallons of water, or enough water to cover the state of Pennsylvania with a depth of one foot, is the largest manmade reservoir in the United States.
		When the Hoover Dam was built, the states involved that would get water, all signed a contract for 75 years that would determine where the water is allocated.
	www.greentreks.org /watershedstv/old_cattails/hooverdam.asp (1147 words)

	EIA - Energy Field Trips with Energy Ant to Hyannis, MA
		The Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression and it was completed in only five years—starting April 20, 1931, and completed on March 1, 1936.
		Ninety-six men died while building the Hoover Dam from “industrial deaths,” including drowning, as a result of blasting and falling rocks or slides, falls from the canyon walls, truck accidents and even being struck by heavy equipment.
		Nineteen percent of the electricity from the Hoover Dam goes to Arizona, 23 percent goes to Nevada, and 58 percent goes to California.
	www.eia.doe.gov /kids/energy_fungames/energyant_trips/trip_hooverdam.html (1263 words)

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