Show BOULDER DAM I 1 with the acceptance by the united states of the boulder dam and power houses our government took over the greatest engineering project ever if id I 1 i be undertaken by man the great ake foi formed med by the impounded wa of the colorado will eventually be come a playground ar r those who I 1 have hae the means and desire for boating and fishing A few of the smaller rapids of the colorado Co orado river will be covered by the arili arifi cial lake and bo i will allow to tourists to view by motor I 1 boat some of the scenery of the lawi I 1 er grand canyon t I 1 As the writer vie vf the I 1 terrain e I 1 ra i to bp be covered by boulder lake in 1923 it seemed that no better use fuld be made of cut it than to make a i lake bed of at the territory almost i bale baie gravel hills firm farm the lower portion of the country country while rocky crags protrude in the distance the new dam which was not built in the canyon which gave the project its name will vill assure a constant flow I 1 of water to the rich lowlands or of the imperial valley valey and has relieved the great valley bof of danger of needs floods which in the past menan ced the region and were restrained only by dikes arid and constant vigilance during the high water season I 1 the project has cost I 1 |