Hoover Dam

Engineering Feat: Hoover Dam One of the largest dams in the world, the hoover dam provides hydroelectric power thanks to the Colorado River and forms Lake Mead. This dam was completed in 1935 and has the world’s largest reservoir of water. This dam is an engineering feat due to its ability to control the Colorado River’s flooding problem, contain such high quantities of water, and provides water and electricity to Los Angeles and Southern California. This project also resulted in a new kind of concrete admixture. Hoover Dam is named for Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States.1 Construction of Hoover Dam began in 1931, and the last concrete was poured in 1935 - 2 years ahead of schedule.2 Hoover Dam's authorized purposes are:…

The Hoover Dam was an engineering marvel of its time period. This project was one of the largest construction projects ever attempted in the U. S. history. The original purpose of the dam was for irrigation, water supply, flood control, and hydroelectric production. The dam project was interesting to study because of the history involved, the construction phase, and the different benefits to the country. During the early 1900’s, the U.S. bureau of Reclamation wanted to find a way to help…

The Hoover Dam is one of the greatest megastructures in the world, for many reasons. This Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada. In the early 19 hundreds there were extreme flooding from the melting snow in the Rocky Mountains that had came down to the Colorado River. Because of that this is when they decided to construct a dam to control the water flow. Arthur Powell Davis, head of the U.S. Bureau of…

On April 20, 1931, construction of America's savior of the Great Depression began. That day began one of America’s greatest engineering achievements and that has forever amazed the world with it’s ingenious ingenuity and structure of design. The Hoover Dam was by far the greatest achievement of mankind during the turn of the twentieth century. Due to the Dam’s concave structure, it gives off an arch-gravity design that allows the water of the Hoover Dam to become divided in an ingenious way. The…

Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam, a magnified national recognition of engineering completed in four years became one of the greatest man made structures compared to the great pyramids of Egypt as it stands at the height at 726 feet, and holds back 10 trillion gallons of the Colorado River. The Hoover Dam led to be a poised symbol of hope during the Great Depression, and into the light of hope had brought life into many Americans awaiting to grasp the motive of building the Hoover Dam. At the event of…

The film starts with Natalie, who is driving when a rockslide causes her car to go off the edge of a cliff. A rescue team is flown in to save her, the team is lead by Ray. The team is eventually able to save Natalie. Dr. Lawrence Hayes is asked by his friend Dr. Kim Park to check some seismic activity at the Hoover Dam. Ray receives a divorce notice from his wife Emma, they have a daughter Blake together. Dr. Hayes and Dr. Park arrive at the Hoover Dam. They realize a large earthquake is…

1. INTRODUCTION We need entrepreneurship in order to build a better world and future for the generations to come. It is also essential for expanding the economy. The Hoover Dam was originally known as the Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947. The dam was named after Herbert Hoover who played an important role in its construction. The Hoover Dam is located in the Black Canyon on the border between Arizona and Nevada and was built with the effective use of resources. The Hoover Dam was built by…

crops, as they could not predict the amount of water available. After the Hoover Dam was built, a…

Hoover Dam is considered to be one of the must see sights apart from The Strip when one goes to Las Vegas. Apart from being an attraction for tourists to come to see it, also provides enough power to serve 1.3 million people for residents in Arizona, Southern California, and Southern Nevada. From the Dam alone it produces on average 4 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric energy (“Hoover Dam”). Hydropower is being looked at as an safe alternate source of energy. There have been several debates…

plans included the building of the Imperial dam and the Laguna dam. It was not planned by the Yuma project however the Hoover dam was built and it did coincidentally help with both the building and maintaining of the Imperial and Laguna dam. The Laguna dam much like the Hoover dam was beneficial not only by controlling the excess water flow but also in filtering more of the silt and debris from the water before it got to the canals. Before the Laguna was built ““They were always out there with…