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Who was one archetecht on the hoover dam?

Henry J. Kaiser

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What river is the hoover dam on?

colorodo river

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What is the hoover dam made of?

Concrete and Steel

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What state is the hoover dam in?

Nevada

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how much water does the hoover dam hold?

28.9 million acre-feet

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True or false: The Hoover Dam was built for Herbert Hoover?

(be sure to use proper capitalization/punctuation.)

False

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how long did it take to build the hoover dam?

5 years

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how thick is the hoover dam? (in feet)

660 feet

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What city is closest to the hoover dam?

Boulder city

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how much money does the hoover dam make a year?

$63 million

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Who was another architecht on the hoover dam?

Gordon Kauffman

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Where was the hoover dam originally going To be built?

Boulder Canyon

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How many pounds of steel were used to make the hoover dam?

45 Million pounds

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how much power does the hoover dam produce a day?

2,000 megawatts

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how much did it cost to build the hoover dam?

$49 million

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How many people died building the hoover dam?

96

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When did construction begin on the hoover dam?

April 20, 1931

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how many pounds of concrete per square foot was used to build the hoover dam?

45,000 pounds

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how much power does the hoover dam produce a year?

4 billion kilowatt-hours

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Who engineered the Hoover Dam?

Frank Crowe

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When did construction end on The Hoover Dam?

May 29, 1935

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What will happen if you pour water off the hoover dam?

the water will soar into the air

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How tall is the Hoover Dam in feet?


726.4 feet high