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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Indiana Hoover, Missouri Hoover, Oklahoma Hoover, South Dakota Hoover, Texas Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona Hoover Dam (Ohio),...
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  • 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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    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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    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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