Building Hoover Dam

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ISBN: 9780874174892 | 0874174899
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/2001

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Shares the realities of building the Hoover Dam early and under budget, including the cardboard boxes and tents which served as homes, carbon monoxide deaths of tunnel workers, and the freedom found in Las Vegas.

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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Investigation and Approval: Southern Nevada, 1902-1929	p. 1
Settlements: Black Canyon and Vicinity, 1929-1931	p. 23
Construction Camp: Boulder City, 1931	p. 57
Turning the River: Black Canyon, 1931 to November 1932	p. 85
A Government Reservation: Boulder City, 1932-1934	p. 109
Laying the Foundation: Black Canyon, 1932-1934	p. 145
A Day in the Life: 1931-1935	p. 171
Off the Reservation: Las Vegas, 1931-1935	p. 205
Towers, Penstocks, and Spillways: Black Canyon, 1934	p. 245
Completion: Hoover Dam and Boulder City, 1935 and After	p. 267
Conclusion	p. 297
App. A. The Language of Hoover Dam's Builders	p. 309
App. B. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at the Dedication of Boulder Dam, 30 September 1935	p. 311
App. C. Boulder Canyon Project Fatalities	p. 317
Notes and References	p. 321
Index	p. 329
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Building Hoover Dam

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