HOOVER DAM

LOCATION

• Stands in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River
• The project is on the Arizona-Nevada border
• The Hoover Dam stands about twenty-five miles southeast of Las Vegas,Nevada

WHY WAS IT BUILT?/WHAT IS IT?

• The Hoover Dam was built to provide energy
• The Hoover Dam is a dam built to control floods and help irrigation

SIZE

• The hoover dam is as tall as a 44-60 story building
• Also, the Hoover Dam is as long as two football fields

WHEN WAS IT BUILT?

• Began being built in 1931
• Was completed May 29, 1935

WHO BUILT IT?

• Twenty-one thousand men worked on the Hoover Dam
• Sadly ninety-six men out of twenty-one thousand died

FUN FACTS!

Did you know that the Hoover Dam uses enough concrete to pave a road stretching from San Francisco to New York City?

Also, did you know that the Hoover Dam was named after President Herbert Hoover?

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