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CGould01

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Posted - 08/12/2009 :  07:46:35 AM  Show Profile
4.4 million cubic yards.

Hoover Dam was one of the first major concrete dams, completed in 1936. Its horizontal arch design takes advantage of the great compression strength of concrete. Concrete arch dams use a combination of their own weight and arch action into rock canyon walls to hold back water.
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