Show vastness of boulder IS dani dam cannot lie he photographed so no photograph can call give a true trite understanding der of the vastness of boulder dain mans mails greatest engineering teat feat no amount of written or spoken words ran call describe it adequately only by seeing it ft can call one get some comprehension of the herculean task involved in its const construction rution and only by deep study ran call one get a conception of its beneficial uses to millions of people it in united states boulder lion lder dam was built between the rok ro k walls in ili lilack canyon on oil the colorado iier that same tous torrent which carved out tile the grand canyon and which forms anns the alizona nevada boundary line near Ls vegas nev this city is reached by only tile the union pacific railroad a and iid front from las lag vegas motor bits bouls t take ake visitors to the dam on oil regular schedules che dules stich a project to control colit iol the dangerous hoods floods of tile the colorado and to provide against the drouth periods which ensue after its springtime rush to the gulf with tile the ill elting rocky mountain snows had been conceived anany yeats beffie it was begun kven aven the location in black canyon or in fit boulder canyon eighteen miles ill up ill the river had been agreed upon by engineers but there was no way of 0 financing the project which cost IG until tile demand tor for power in the rapidly growing southern california cities and the intermountain area made it feasible it is to be paid tor for entirely out of 0 earnings authorized during president hoover 6 11 II danz abchi president Coolid administration in 1328 1928 it was started under tinder president hoover and completed under president roosevelt actual work on the main project was completed in ill years two years less than anticipated at times the their ie were mole moie than moo workmen cuip employed loyed in ili tile hie night audray operations and trucks and other equipment of unheard dof ot proportions were built just for the alie iro project jert the dam face Is 72 C feet high froin Iro iii a bottom thickness of reet het it tapers to a top thickness of 45 feet feel and this mass of solid con chete has back the waters of the colorado to lo torm lorm lake mead tile largest artificial irti iclal body of water in tile the world it Is miles in length will attain a maximum depth of 0 feet and varies in ili width fiaui the narrow boulder canon can on gorge which separates the two main take lake sections to expanses of water many in milea i fies across its jord fjord marked shore line eventually will be miles long today completed and in ili operation boulder dam draws drans visitors liy by the tens of 0 thousands and it has become the renter center of one of 0 tile nations newest and finest vacation areas |