What was Hoover Dam in Nevada originally called?
Correct answer: Boulder Dam
WaldoLydeker
Herbert Hoover was a brilliant engineer. The only scientist to become President. The rest were lawyers, etc but none that could master, say, calculus. Alas, he was the goat for the Great Depression.
Birdiemom
It was ORIGINALLY named Hoover Dam. Roosevelt objected to that name because he and Hoover were political rivals. It was later changed back.
Player Tystyx
There's enough concrete in that Dam to build a 2 lane Highway from N.Y. City to L.A.
Player #232652
WOW! It's a chemical reaction in curing... Trust me..
Player #1147496
DisturbedJogger22406, the photo is not hoover dam. lt is glen canyon dam with lake powell in background.
Vulcan20mil
Pchblsom, Hoover dam created Lake Mead. Not Lake powell
Player Tystyx
Diver Dan,
it won't be fully cured for 200 years..... they pipe water through it to control the curing process.
Redeemed 2001
Awesome place to go I was impressed by the parking garage carved out of the rock too
nuzzles
I remember when they called it that
brig
WaldoLydeker, So Interesting!!
Leo
President Jimmy Carter, was the Captain of the first nuclear submarine
Maestra
I only got this right because somewhere in my 56 year old brain, I knew of the Boulder Dam.
QuixoticNerd21405
WaldoLydeker, Not good at the science of economics.
Ooma
I remember, as a child, being a bit confused. Boulder...Hoover? I thought, for a time, they were 2 different dams.😉
jw
hope to go there one day
Kathye
Been across the Hoover Dam as a teenager when my mom & me moved to Las Vegas, Nevada
Ray
Is Hoover Dam Concrete Still Curing? In short, yes – the concrete is still curing, harder and harder every year even in 2017 some 82 years after the construction of Hoover Dam was completed in 1935.Apr 4, 2017
Player #18390045
I did't think that was Hoover , it didn't look right ! Thanks for clearing that up guys!
Player #10726239
I've been there often n truly a beautiful site to see
Qatwalk
Birdiemom, This makes sense, because as a kid growing up in the 60s, I learned this as Boulder dam in elementary school geography.
Player #19281622
WaldoLydeker, Jimmy Carter was also a nuclear engineer
groceries
Player #1147496,👍🏿
BrinyMission54498
kirtsiemagurtsie, so did I & I liked it especially when I was at the bottom looking up .
Pchblsom
Player #1147496, Lake Powell one of my favorite places!!!
RushMama2112
Player #1147496, you are correct.
Senita1951
DisturbedJogger22406, i
GrandmaTanya
kirtsiemagurtsie, I couldn't because I have severe claustrophobia!
GrandmaTanya
Once more, I guessed right!
MALICE
FunkyMonkey, when it rains,my concrete is wet...
Player #232652
FunkyMonkey, Wow...