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The United States needs power, and lots of it; to make sure that the southwest had enough power to last it though out the century. To do this they would need a hydroelectric dam of epic proportions. Built between 1931 and 1936 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the dam was to be named after President Herbert Hoover (from 1933 to 1947 it was known as Boulder Dam). Planners decided it would be 726 ft (221 m) high and 1,244 ft (379 m) long; it was to be located on a critical spot on the Colorado River between on the border between the state of Nevada and the state of Arizona.
It was the 1930s and America was in the middle of The Great Depression; times were rough but those who had work were glad to have it and proud of their country’s achievements; this meant that there were plenty of hands to work on the dam. Diverting the course of a huge river it’s a monumental task ranking alongside such things as the Panama Canal and the Golden Gate Bridge.
















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The Bridge was created by first digging tunnels thought the mountainsides to divert the water. Then the river was stopped with two smaller dams (called cofferdams) to divert the water thought the new tunnels. The area between the cofferdams was drained and the dam construction could begin. Layer upon layer of concrete was poured until the dam was complete; this was when the smaller dams were removed.
There are many statues located at the dam sight. The design for the artwork on the dam is called “Art Deco” and is the work of a man named Oskar J.W. Hansen. The two that are the easiest to spot is the “High Scaler’s Monument” and the “Winged Figures of the Republic”. The “High Scaler’s Monument” is dedicated to the many brave workers who spend much of their day on thin ropes thousands of feet about the riverbed. The “Monument to The Republic” is dedicated to (in Hansen’s own words) “the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific accomplishment.” These words sum up a dam that is visited by millions of tourists each year (and is driven over by millions more).


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