Hoover Dam
Published on Mar 23, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Location
In the Black Canyon of the Colorado River.
On the border of Arizona/Neva.
Photo by James Marvin Phelps
WHY IS IT BUILT? WHAT IS IT?
- There was a flood in Colorado River
- Congress got an idea to build a dam
- It is a large arch gravity dam
- Provides power and water
- Can irrigate about 1 million acers off land
Photo by Paul Minshall
SIZE
- Height - 726.4 feet(221.3m)
- Length - 1244 feet (379.2)
- Crest Width - 45 feet(13.7)
- Base Width - 660 feet(201.2m)
- Enough concrete to pave a two-lane road from NYC San Fransisco
Photo by kcolwell
WHO BUILT IT?
The engineers of the Bureau Reclamation built it.
96 of 21,000 men died wile working on it.
Photo by mightyb
