Hoover Dam: 75th Anniversary History Symposium

Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committe of ASCE.

This collection contains 20 papers that commemorate the dedication of the Hoover Dam, which many regard as the world's greatest dam design and construction project of the 20th century. These papers cover wide-ranging topics and provide readers with an understanding of the dam's outstanding engineers and magnificent engineering and architecture.

The Hoover Dam is still the highest concrete dam in the Western Hemisphere. Between 1939 and 1949, it was the world's largest hydropower installation. Even today, it produces more than four billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, making it one of the largest hydropower installations in the United States.

Suggested Paper(s):
Reclamation, the Army, and Hoover Dam during World War II (J. Bailey)

75 Years of Hydraulic Investigations-Hoover Dam (P. H. Burgi)

Advances in Mass Concrete Technology-The Hoover Dam Studies (T. P. Dolen)

Frank Crowe: General Superintendent of the Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Project (P. Dunn Jr.)

Performance of Spillway Structures Using Hoover Dam Spillways As a Benchmark (W. R. Fiedler)

Building Hoover Dam (Men, Machines, and Methods) (R. P. Giroux)

Long-Term Properties of Hoover Dam Mass Concrete (W. Joy and K. Bartojay)

Construction Management of a Mega Project (C. R. Parrish)

The Construction of Hoover Dam: A Case Study from a Builder's Perspective (T. Powell-Melhado, M. Hein and L. C. Ruth)

Hoover Dam: Evolution of the Dam's Design (J. D. Rogers)

Hoover Dam: First Joint Venture and Construction Milestones in Excavation, Geology, Materials Handling, and Aggregates (J. D. Rogers)

Hoover Dam: Construction Milestones in Concrete Delivery and Placement, Steel Fabrication, and Job Site Safety (J. D. Rogers)

Hoover Dam: Operational Milestones, Lessons Learned, and Strategic Import (J. D. Rogers)

Hoover Dam: Scientific Studies, Name Controversy, Tourist Attraction, and Contributions to Engineering (J. D. Rogers)

The New Town of Boulder City: City Planning and Infrastructure Engineering for Hoover Dam Workers (J. R. Rogers)

Megaproject Success: Hoover Dam Construction and Pre-Construction Management Ingenuity (H. Sadatsafavi and J. Walewski)

Building Blocks of Hoover Dam: Technology, Politics, Economics (B. A. Storey)

Seismic Evaluation of Hoover Dam Powerplant (A. Toothman, D. Gold, T. Brown and M. B. Schuetz)

Engineering and the Sculptural Program of Hoover Dam (A. Willis)

Politics and Dam Safety: The St. Francis Dam Disaster and the Boulder Canyon Project Act (Jackson, Donald C.)