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A large crowd celebrates the completion of the railroad at Boulder Junction (near the Hoover Dam) on Sept. 17, 1930. Work on the dam began in 1931. Dam workers were forced to stay in tents because Boulder City had not been completely built. That, combined with poor working conditions, led to a strike in 1931. The strike was soon quelled, and by 1932 Boulder City was established.
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