com abdopublishing Publishing Abdo of Imprint An Sandcastle Super ENGINEERING MARVELS BUILDING THE HOOVER DAM ELSIE OLSON Consulting Editor Diane Craig M A Reading Specialist
THE HOOVER DAM WHAT IS A DAM Dams hold back water They create lakes They store water for drinking and farming Dams also help make electricity The Hoover Dam does all of these things It is one of the world’s most famous dams Dammed water helps farmers grow crops such as wheat
THE HOOVER DAM LOCATION Colorado River on the border of Arizona and Nevada BUILDING STARTED July 7 1930 BUILDING COMPLETED March 1 1936 CHIEF ENGINEER Frank Crowe HEIGHT 726 feet 221 m LENGTH 1,244 feet 379 m
