Boulder Dam
Americannoun
noun
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On this date in 1935, the gate at Boulder Dam was closed and Lake Mead began to fill.
From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2021
On this date in 1935, the governors of Arizona and Utah met at Boulder City to unveil a memorial plaque dedicated to the 89 men killed during construction of Boulder Dam.
From Washington Times • May 24, 2017
The Hoover Dam, also known then as Boulder Dam, was built at the border between Arizona and Nevada, plugging the flow of the mighty Colorado River and forming Lake Mead.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2016
There were flat pronouncements for building the Boulder Dam and against the government's handling the electric by-product "as private enterprise can very well fill this field."
From Time Magazine Archive
With a third pen he wrote "idge" and as he dotted the "i" the Swing-Johnson bill, authorizing the Federal Boulder Dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, became effective.
From Time Magazine Archive
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