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Hoover Dam - Construction

UNLV Special Collections

A piece of pipe is towed along to the Hoover Dam. In 1981, the dam is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lake Mead, the reservoir that was created behind the dam, is named after construction foreman Elwood Mead. Mead oversaw the construction of the whole project.