When was the Hoover Dam built?

The Hoover Dam in the northwest of Arizona is a huge project, which will play a great role in the development of industry and agriculture. Therefore, it occupies an important position in the ranks of water conservancy projects in the world.

The construction of Hoover Dam cost a lot of money and mobilized a lot of power. It was completed and put into use on 1936. This is an arch gravity artificial concrete dam. The dam is 220m high, 200m wide at the bottom,14m wide at the top and 377m long. Such a huge dam is rare in the world. It is like a dragon lying on the earth, very powerful.

The naming of Hoover Dam has experienced some twists and turns. 1936 When the dam was completed, both * * and the party leader Hoover were on the stage, so the dam was named after him. However, Democrats are not convinced. Hoover stepped down. They changed the name of Hoover Dam to Bode Dam, which is the name of a nearby city. Since then, * * * and the Republican Party have returned to power, and the Bowder Dam has become the Hoover Dam. From the two renaming of the dam, it is not difficult to see one aspect of the struggle between American bourgeois parties.

The reservoir of Hoover Dam is the famous Lake Mead. Lake Mead is vast and boundless. It is the largest artificial lake in the western hemisphere. It not only has beautiful scenery, but also can irrigate crops and use hydropower to generate electricity, which plays an important role in developing production. The power generation capacity of Hoover Dam is 65,438+345 MW, which can supply most southwest areas along the Pacific coast, showing the great contribution of Hoover Dam.