Keystone via Getty Images, file 1928: An inspection party near
the proposed site of the Hoover Dam (previously known as the
Boulder Dam) in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Alfred
Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Pictures via Getty I 1938: Sightseers
enjoy the magnificent power of Boulder Dam, later renamed the
Hoover Dam. Alan Band / Keystone via Getty Images file 1972: The
Hoover Dam near Las Vegas, Nevada on the Colorado River lit up
at night. I wonder if the men in the first image could have
possibly imagined what the dam would look like, how many people
it would take to build it and how many would lose their lives
while it was under construction. The 726.4-high concrete expanse
on the Colorado River was dedicated on Sept. 30, 1935, by
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Formerly named for Republican president
Herbert Hoover, it was christened as less political Boulder Dam
by Democrat Roosevelt, then later reverted to its original name.
More than 100 workers were killed during the dam's construction.
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