The construction of Hoover Dam is considered to be one of America’s finest engineering achievements. However the dam that rose from the floor of Black Canyon was not only a structural accomplishment, it was a proposition firmly rooted in practicalities. The necessity of such a dam had been obvious for more than two decades. The Colorado River’s cycles of drought and flood in the American southwest incapacitated the growth of the agricultural industry. …showed first 75 words of 2394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2394 total…the ability of man to change the natural course of things. As its physical image rose from the desert in the 1930’s it offered a alternative narrative to the that of the Great Depression. Bibliography 1. Stevens, Joeseph. Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. The Story of Hoover Dam. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 3. Hoover Dam Virtual Visitor Center, www.Hooverdam.com