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Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Release : 1933
Genre : Dams
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Book Synopsis The Construction of Hoover Dam by : United States. Department of the Interior
Download or read book The Construction of Hoover Dam written by United States. Department of the Interior. This book was released on 1933. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew J. Dunar
Release : 2016-06-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Building Hoover Dam by : Andrew J. Dunar
Download or read book Building Hoover Dam written by Andrew J. Dunar. This book was released on 2016-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew J. Dunar and Dennis McBride skillfully interweave eyewitness accounts of the building of Hoover Dam. These stories create the richest existing portrait of the building of Hoover Dam and its tremendous effect on the lives of those involved in its creation: the gritty, sometimes grisly realities of living in cardboard boxes and tents during several of the hottest Southern Nevada summers on record; the fearsome carbon monoxide deaths of tunnel builders who, it was claimed, had died of "pneumonia"; the uproarious life of nearby Las Vegas versus the tightly controlled existence of the workers in the built-overnight confines of Boulder City; and of course the astounding accomplishment of building the Dam itself and completing the task not only early but under budget!
Author : United States Department of the Interior
Release : 1948
Genre : Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
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Book Synopsis The Hoover Dam Documents by : United States Department of the Interior
Download or read book The Hoover Dam Documents written by United States Department of the Interior. This book was released on 1948. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2006
Genre : Dams
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Author : Joseph E. Stevens
Release : 2014-11-20
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Hoover Dam by : Joseph E. Stevens
Download or read book Hoover Dam written by Joseph E. Stevens. This book was released on 2014-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1931, in a rugged desert canyon on the Arizona-Nevada border, an army of workmen began one of the most difficult and daring building projects ever undertaken—the construction of Hoover Dam. Through the worst years of the Great Depression as many as five thousand laborers toiled twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to erect the huge structure that would harness the Colorado River and transform the American West. Construction of the giant dam was a triumph of human ingenuity, yet the full story of this monumental endeavor has never been told. Now, in an engrossing, fast-paced narrative, Joseph E. Stevens recounts the gripping saga of Hoover Dam. Drawing on a wealth of material, including manuscript collections, government documents, contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts, and personal interviews and correspondence with men and women who were involved with the construction, he brings the Hoover Dam adventure to life. Described here in dramatic detail are the deadly hazards the work crews faced as they hacked and blasted the dam’s foundation out of solid rock; the bitter political battles and violent labor unrest that threatened to shut the job down; the deprivation and grinding hardship endured by the workers’ families; the dam builders’ gambling, drinking, and whoring sprees in nearby Las Vegas; and the stirring triumphs and searing moments of terror as the massive concrete wedge rose inexorably from the canyon floor. Here, too, is an unforgettable cast of characters: Henry Kaiser, Warren Bechtel, and Harry Morrison, the ambitious, headstrong construction executives who gambled fortune and fame on the Hoover Dam contract; Frank Crowe, the brilliant, obsessed field engineer who relentlessly drove the work force to finish the dam two and a half years ahead of schedule; Sims Ely, the irascible, teetotaling eccentric who ruled Boulder City, the straightlaced company town created for the dam workers by the federal government; and many more men and women whose courage and sacrifice, greed and frailty, made the dam’s construction a great human, as well as technological, adventure. Hoover Dam is a compelling, irresistible account of an extraordinary American epic.
