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...
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The Hoover Dam Police, officially the Bureau of Reclamation Police, was a federal security police force, stationed at Hoover Dam 23 miles (37 km) southeast...
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Hoover Dam, in Blendon Township, near Westerville, Ohio, dams the Big Walnut Creek to form the Hoover Memorial Reservoir. This reservoir is a major water...
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Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge (redirect from Hoover Dam Bridge)
the key component of the Hoover Dam Bypass project, which rerouted US 93 from its previous routing along the top of Hoover Dam and removed several hairpin...
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Hoover Dam is a dam on the Colorado River bordering Nevada and Arizona, US. Hoover Dam or Hooverdam may also refer to: Hoover Dam (Ohio), a dam near Westerville...
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Hoover Dam has made frequent appearances in various forms of media on account of its size and national prominence within the United States. Prior to the...
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Boulder City, Nevada (section Hoover Dam in marketing)
to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River (known commonly as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution...
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Lake Mead (category Reservoirs and dams in National Park Service areas)
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona...
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Interstate 11 (redirect from Hoover Dam Freeway)
2019. The highway currently begins at the Arizona state line on the Hoover Dam Bypass, then runs along the 15-mile (24 km) Boulder City Bypass around...
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highway could be replaced by Interstate 11 (I-11). Most of US 93 from Hoover Dam to Kingman was originally designated as State Route 69 (SR 69) and was...
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Six Companies (section Hoover Dam)
formed to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in Nevada and Arizona. They later built Parker Dam, a portion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the Colorado River...
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Canyon by boat. A dam in Glen Canyon was studied as early as 1924, but these plans were initially dropped in favor of the Hoover Dam (completed in 1936)...
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advances in dam engineering techniques. The era of large dams began with the construction of the Aswan Low Dam in Egypt in 1902. The Hoover Dam, a massive...
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Craig Estey (section Hoover Dam Lodge)
Restaurant Services, Inc. parent company to Dotty's, Bourbon Street, Hoover Dam Lodge, Laughlin River Lodge, La Villita, and Red Dragon an enterprise...
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Colorado River (redirect from Environmental impacts of dams on the Colorado River)
government constructed most of the major dams and aqueducts between 1910 and 1970; the largest, Hoover Dam, was completed in 1935. Numerous water projects...
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Arch-gravity dams are not reinforced except at the spillway. A typical example of the conventional concrete dam is the Hoover Dam. Changuinola Dam is an example...
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Hoover Dam Lodge is a hotel and casino near Boulder City, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Richard Craig Estey (Nevada Restaurant Services). It was...
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Arizona to the south/east. Lake Mead, formed by the 726-foot (221 m)-high Hoover Dam about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest...
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Fontana Dam in North Carolina, which ranks 20th in height among all U.S. dams. Oroville Dam, 1st Hoover Dam, 2nd Dworshak Dam, 3rd Hungry Horse Dam, 10th...
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Urbanization took off in 1931 when work started on the Boulder Dam (now the Hoover Dam), bringing a huge influx of young male workers, for whom theaters...
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The Boulder Dam is the former name for the Hoover Dam. Boulder Dam may also refer to: Boulder Dam (film), a 1936 film starring Ross Alexander, Patricia...
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later became in 1931, the General Construction Superintendent of the Hoover Dam construction contract. Born in Trenholmville, Quebec, Crowe attended the...
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Reclamation property. The Hoover Dam used to be policed by the Hoover Dam Police, but they were disbanded in 2017. The Hoover Dam is now served by the National...
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associated with the design of many of the sculptures on and around the Hoover Dam. Oskar Johan Waldemar Hansen was born at Langenes in Øksnes, Nordland...
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Black Canyon of the Colorado is the canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built. The canyon is located on the Colorado River at the state line...
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Margaret Claire Hoover (born December 11, 1977) is an American conservative political commentator, political strategist, media personality, author, and...
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title by Muammar Gaddafi. Hibernia Oil Platform, Newfoundland, Canada Hoover Dam, Nevada, United States Houston Astrodome, Texas, United States Karakoram...
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Inc. and construct the high dam. Six Companies had just finished the Hoover Dam and was nearing completion of Parker Dam. The new design, chosen and approved...
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the Hoover Dam Police Department was closed and the National Park Service took over law enforcement duties for the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam Police...
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