The Story Of The Hoover Dam

A classic documentary charting the history behind the Hoover Dam. The documentary starts with the first ideas to build a dam on the Colorado River in 1905. The Boulder Canyon Project was before congress in 1928 with construction starting in 1931.A huge project costing $49 ($833 million in today's money) during the great depression it was actually completed two years before schedule. The dam not only regulates the river but also generates power for Nevada, Arizona, and California.