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A 5 page discussion of numerous details surrounding this massive project. This paper describes the lake and associated Hoover Dam, provides construction details, outlines the many benefits of the project, and notes the environmental impacts associated with it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Congress authorized the Boulder Canyon Project, which provided for the construction of Hoover Dam, in 1928. The Hoover Dam is an
arch type dam built in a narrow canyon on the Colorado River. Built of concrete and being 726.4 feet(221 meters) high and 1,244 feet (379 meters) long it is one
of the higher dams in the world (Ward, 1994; Durgen and Pechin, 1999; Blaha, 1995). The high strength high performance concrete which went into its construction is some of
the most impressive in the world. It contains enough concrete to build a two-lane highway from Los Angeles to Boston or a four-foot wide sidewalk around the earth at
the equator (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). The 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete which went into the dam was poured continuously over a two year period (Blaha, 1995).
The Hoover dam is larger than the Great Pyramid which measures in at 449 feet in height (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). The impressiveness of the Hoover Dam isnt limited
to its height. It is 45 feet wide at crest and 660 feet thick at base (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). Although there are concrete dams over 900 feet
high today none is as famous as Hoover Dam (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). As though the dam itself werent impressive enough, what lies at its foot is yet another
miracle of construction. The dam holds back the largest man-made reservoir in the world (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). This reservoir, Lake Mead, pushes against the concrete walls of
the dam with 80 billion pounds of pressure (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). The Lake Mead basin is so large it took six and one half years to fill the
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