Hoover Dam           Hoover Dam was built on the  Colorado River between Nevada  and Arizona.  It was built to control  the flooding and drought conditions  of the southwest.      Hoover Dam was built

between 1931-1936 and took 5 million

 barrels of cement to build.  Not only did the dam control flooding, it also created electricity for 14 million people in the southwest states.  Hoover Dam is known as one of the greatest engineer wonders of the country.

 

Stats:

height: 727 feet

length: 1,244 ft.

thickness at base: 660 ft.

thickness at top: 45 ft.

weight: 5,500,000 tons

generators: 17

power produced each year: 4+ billion kilowatts

power used by:   56% California    25% Nevada   19% Arizona