This message is dedicated to the thousands of Americans during the Great Depression built Hoover Dam. America thank you for building a architureal marvel.
From Las Vegas, I drove to Boulder city. Boulder city is home of Hoover Dam. My motive was to travel to the Grand Canyon, but stopped on Hoover Dam to take pictures. When I parked my car , I started walking and videotaping this gigantic architure. I walked to get better shots. I tried to get pans, zoom in and out, widescreen, and tilt. It was extremely difficult to get the whole dam in one shot. As I walked towards the Visitor center to have a tour, I took shots of Lake Mead and the Colorado river.
When I entered the visitors' center, I watched a video on Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam was built during the great depression It was during the Great Depression that a lot of people wanted to work on a Dam. The workers were payed $2 a day and were given homes near the dam for them and their families. It was those houses that were considered the first neighborhood near Hoover Dam. This was originally a seven year project, but completed it in five years. It was because of a new cementing technique. They also speeded up the process of drilling a tunnel to diverge the Colorado River. This tunnel sent the river towards the other side thus forming Lake Mead. Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake in the World. It is approximately the same size as the state of Pennslyvannia. President Herbert Hoover started the project and after his administration, President Frankin D. Roosevelt ended the project. It was originally named Boulder Dam, but renamed to Hoover dam because of Herbert Hoover. Herbert Hoover was an architect, humanitarian, politican, and environmentalist. Hoover Dam generates enough electricity to millions of homes. It generates electricity for Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Hoover Dam is between the state of Nevada and Arizona. It has two time differences. One is Central time and the other is pacific. Both times are posted at the two towers.
Hoover Dam represents American strength in a hard time period. America learned how to make a dam before the world. America was the first to build a dam and put a man on the moon. Obama was right because in our period, we can get out of this recession. If we got through the great depression than we can ge through the Recession.
America is not the number one nation because of its military strength or its technological achievements, but because of America's liberty, freedom, constitution, and democratic system.
These principles fuel our nation to be the number one nation in the world.
Hoover Dam is an architureal marvel that may not generate enough electricity now,but it stands for American freedom and strength.
