1950s
A painted cutaway of the dam
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The engineering plaque on Hoover Dam
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A canal winds around a pale hill
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Launching a boat on Lake Mead
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The row of generators in the powerhouse
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A gate structure at the edge of a reservoir
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Water swirls along a wall of piers
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A long, low dam across the river
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A man points up at the crest of the dam
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A transformer beneath the power lines
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Hoover Dam in Black Canyon
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A relief map of the Colorado River basin
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Two water-skiers on Lake Mead
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A lined canal across the desert
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Water churns through a treatment basin
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A heavy load hangs from the cableway
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The switchyard above the canyon
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A farmer on a tractor in a citrus grove
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A rock butte on Lake Mead
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A gallery inside the power plant
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A canal beneath a sandy embankment
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A tumbleweed in a dry wash
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A worker in a pit among steel and hoses
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Men in hard hats at a generator housing
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