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When construction of the dam was initiated, on september 30, 1930, secretary of the interior ray lyman wilbur ordered that the dam to be built in the black canyon of the colorado as part of the boulder canyon project act was to be called hoover dam. Hoover dam, which reins in the mighty colorado river, cracks and falls apart. The dam design showed that it was 18 times larger than hoover dam in usa and 9 times heavier than that. Bostons big dig, the hoover dam, millau bridge, dubais palm island. Life after hoover dam caesars victory at fallout new vegas. Hoover dam, once known as boulder dam, is a concrete archgravity dam in the black canyon of the colorado river, on the border between the us states of arizona and nevada. Img national geographic megastructures hdtv 720p x264 follow the recordbreaking effort to schuh discount for employees rebuild the minneapolis i35w national geographic megastructures millau bridge subtitles bridge. Megastructures uss ronald reagan national geographic documentary. The hoover dam megastructures full national geographic documentary. Technology has enabled man made structures to stand against natures fury and testing times.
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