Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium

Proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 21-22, 2010. Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committe of ASCE.

This collection contains 20 papers that commemorate the dedication of the Hoover Dam, which many regard as the world's greatest dam design and construction project of the 20th century. These papers cover wide-ranging topics and provide readers withan understanding ofthe dam's outstanding engineers and magnificent engine…