Video – The Building Of The Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) – 1930’s Documentary

(Producers Notes) Boulder Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.

It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was controversially named Hoover dam in honor of President Herbert Hoover.

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