HOOVER DAM — The huge engineering projects of the 1930s, designed to tame the American West for human benefit, might have suffered an excess of hubris. But they certainly had style.Hoover Dam was built to turn the Colorado River into a source of water and electricity and make the desert bloom — and was designed to be a thing of beauty.The artistry of the dam, about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, is apparent even from a distance. Some visitors might find the man-made [...]
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