Last revised: February 16, 2007
| Reunion 2006 - Las Vegas, NV |
Photo Album #3.
III. HOOVER DAM TOUR
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Walking from the Bus to the Dam...
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Hoover Dam, was completed in 1935 on the Colorado River, 30 miles SE of Las Vegas. It is 726.4 feet high and the towers and ornaments rise 40 feet above the crest. The maximum water pressure at the base of the dam is 45,000 pounds per square foot. A total of 21,000 men worked on the Dam with an average of 3,500 and a maximum of 5,218 daily.
Fritz & Connie Mahsem - ("D" 1955-58) (South Milwaukee, WI)
Art Partridge - ("D" 1956-59) and Mary Cooper (Dundee, FL)
Colorado River
Hoover Dam is a National Historic Landmark and has been rated by the American
Society
of Civil Engineers as one of America's Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders.
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Chuck Habor (Alaska), Carl Whaley (Mehama, OR) Jim Reusch (Salisbury, MA) Jack Gilhuly (North Haven, CT)
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Inside Hoover Dam
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Hoover Dam - Power Plant View
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Hoover Dam - View of Generators from floor level
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Hilli and 'Frenchie'
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Fortiers - (Sacramento, CA)
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Last revised: February 16, 2007
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