Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel, its construction, the stuff of lore. The dam was built during the Great Depression from 1931 to 1935, drawing more than 5,000 workers to the cauldron of the Nevada desert. The construction project provided much needed jobs for an out-of-work country, while opening the West to new development with water and power. It's powerfully ironic then, that as the country faces its worst economic slump perhaps since the Depression, that sense of engineering bravado and...
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