Hoover Dam
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title:
Hoover Dam
text:
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives. In bills passed by Congress during its construction, it was referred to as the Hoover Dam, after Presiden
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description:
Dam in Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
date created:
2001-12-20T15:55:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T19:31:48Z
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