Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium : proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, October 21-22, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium : proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, October 21-22, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada

edited by Richard L. Wiltshire, David R. Gilbert, Jerry R. Rogers

American Society of Civil Engineers, c2011

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Hoover Dam Seventy-five Anniversary History Symposium

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 21-22, 2010. Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committe of ASCE. This collection contains 20 papers that commemorate the dedication of the Hoover Dam, which many regard as the world's greatest dam design and construction project of the 20th century. These papers cover wide-ranging topics and provide readers with an understanding of the dam's outstanding engineers and magnificent engineering and architecture. The Hoover Dam is still the highest concrete dam in the Western Hemisphere. Between 1939 and 1949, it was the world's largest hydropower installation. Even today, it produces more than four billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, making it one of the largest hydropower installations in the United States. Topics include: politics, economics, technology, and history concrete technology engineering, hydraulics, and structural civil engineers, architecture, and construction

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