Boulder Dam Is Completed
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: California, Arizona, Nevada
- Date: 1936
Article abstract: Completion of Boulder Dam provided irrigation, municipal water, flood control, and abundant power and caused great environmental and economic change.
Summary of Event
Boulder Dam (since 1947 known as Hoover Dam) was officially accepted by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes on March 11, 1936. On completion, the dam was the world’s highest and largest, rising 727 feet above bedrock and containing more than 3 million cubic yards of concrete. The Grand Coulee Dam, completed in 1942, surpassed it with more than 10 million cubic yards...
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