June 8, 2026 · 9:10 AM
Hoover Dam: How 21,000 Depression-Era Workers Tamed the Colorado River — With 582 Miles of Cooling Pipe and Sheer Human Grit
In 1931, Six Companies sent 21,000 men into Black Canyon to build the world's largest dam — in the middle of the Great Depression, in 120°F desert heat, with no town, no safety net, and five years to do it.
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