Boulder Dam (later Hoover) on the Nevada-Arizona border sends power to L.A.
It wasn't until the construction of the
Boulder Dam in 1931 that energy began to flow through new technological systems that remapped the desert, drawing the Salt River Valley and the Navajo Reservation together.
Its "lifeblood" was Basic Magnesium, Inc, an industrial plant that pulled water and electricity from the
Boulder Dam to make Magnesium, which was used for munitions and airplane parts during the war.
In 1936,
Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation as President Franklin D.
They fastened on the huge
Boulder Dam project to straddle the Colorado River.
private employment has failed is to trans late into great national possessions the energy that otherwise would be Wasted.' The
Boulder Dam is a splendid symbol of that principle."
Completed in 1936 on the Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona, it was originally named the
Boulder Dam after nearby Boulder City which housed the thousands of workers who built it.
Brewing Co., Kona Brewing Co., Deschutes Brewery, Redhook Ale Brewery, Gordon Biersch, Lagunitas Brewing Co., Ballast Point Brewing Co., Wasatch Beers, Shipyard Brewing Co., Three Monkeys Brewing Co., Knee Deep Brewing Co., Barley's Casino & Brewing Co., Joseph James Brewing Co., Inc., Tenaya Creek Brewery and
Boulder Dam Brewing Co.
Boulder Dam was the centerpiece of this grand plan.
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 An olive branch; 2 Hansom (Joseph Hansom - the Hansom cab); 3 The Danube; 4 Walter Matthau; 5 The
Boulder Dam.