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Deconstructing History: Hoover Dam (3:20)

Did you know that the Hoover Dam supplies electricity to more than 20 million people? Get all the facts on this marvel of engineering.

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  • Deconstructing History: Hoover Dam
    Deconstructing History: Hoover Dam

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    Did you know that the Hoover Dam supplies electricity to more than 20 million people? Get all the facts on this marvel of engineering.

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  • Hoover Dam
    Hoover Dam

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    Built during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam was a marvel of engineering and labor.

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  • Hoover Dam: True Giant
    Hoover Dam: True Giant

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    The awe-inspiring Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s from enough concrete to create a two-lane highway from Los Angeles to Boston. How long did America's largest, man-made reservoir take to complete?

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal
    Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal

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    How did President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal get the American economy back on track, and which components still have a major impact on today's society?

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  • This Day in History: 07/7/1930 - Building of Hoover Dam
    This Day in History: 07/7/1930 - Building of Hoover Dam

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    In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 7, 1930, construction began on the Hoover Dam. Twenty-thousand laborers took on the job, but it was a grueling and dangerous task between the scorching desert heat and constant dynamite blasts.

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  • Henry J. Kaiser Builds Hoover Dam and U.S. Warships
    Henry J. Kaiser Builds Hoover Dam and U.S. Warships

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    From photography to engineering, Henry Kaiser's love for a young lady spurred him to build the Hoover Dam and great Liberty ships.

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  • Arizona
    Arizona

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    View pictures from the state of Arizona on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state.

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    History.com's state gallery for Nevada. Learn more about the state symbols and famous landmarks.

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  • New Deal Programs
    New Deal Programs

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    In the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched an ambitious series of social programs and legislation known as the "New Deal," designed to lift the United States out of the economic downturn of the Great Depression.

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  • Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover

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    See pictures from the life and presidency of Herbert Hoover.

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  • Hoover Dam Dedication
    Hoover Dam Dedication

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    On September 30, 1935, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes formally dedicates the Hoover Dam during a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Built in the 1930s, Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that spans the Colorado River at the Arizona-Nevada border and impounds Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States.

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