Resource
Celebrating Hoover Dam: Significance of Boulder Canyon Project
Resource Type
News Articles (Industry Outlets)
Reference Title
Celebrating Hoover Dam: Significance of Boulder Canyon Project
Organization/Agency
American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher Name
American Society of Civil Engineers
Year
2010
Date
11/2010
Journal Title
Civil Engineering
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
11
ISBN/ISSN
ISSN: 0885-7024
Topic Location
Nevada
Abstract/Additional Information
(Originally published in Civil Engineering May 1935) Considerations Leading to Vast Undertaking for Regulation, Water Supply, and Power To understand the true significance of Hoover Dam, one must understand the critical need for flood storage, water supply capacity, navigation, and power generation in the booming-but arid-western United States in the first decades of the 20th century.
