the government was in charge of building the hoover dam.
the government was in charge of building the hoover dam.
who was in charge of building the hoover dam?
the government
as part of the contract, six companies, inc. was to build boulder city to house the workers. the original timetable called for boulder city to be built before the dam project began, but president hoover ordered work on the dam to begin in march 1931 rather than in october. the company built bunkhouses, attached to the canyon wall, to house 480 single men at what became known as river camp. workers with families were left to provide their own accommodations until boulder city could be completed, and many lived in ragtown. the site of hoover dam endures extremely hot weather, and the summer of 1931 was especially torrid, with the daytime high averaging . sixteen workers and other riverbank residents died of heat prostration between june 25 and july 26, 1931.
hoover dam
hoover dam (disambiguation)









































hoover dam most commonly refers to the dam on the colorado river bordering nevada and arizona, or to the associated:









































bullet::::- hoover dam bypass, a bridge crossing the colorado downstream of hoover dam, also known as the mike o'callaghan – pat tillman memorial bridge









































bullet::::- hoover dam police, the colorado river dam's police force









































hoover dam may also refer to:









































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bullet::::- hoover dam (ohio), a dam near westerville, ohio









































bullet::::- music









































bullet::::- "hoover dam", a song from sugar's debut album "copper blue"









































bullet::::- "hooverdam" (album), a hugh cornwell album









































section::::see also.
hoover dam (disambiguation)