Footnote: Construction workers' hard hats were invented and first used in building the Hoover Dam. There are 4,360,000 cubic yards of concrete in the dam, powerplant, and appurtenant works; enough to pave a 16-foot-wide highway from San Francisco to New York City. The reservoir can store enough water to cover the state of Pennsylvania to a depth of one foot.
Larger view of Hoover Dam.
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quondam | |
| Definition: | (adjective) Belonging to some prior time. |
| Synonyms: | erstwhile, one-time, sometime, former, old |
| Usage: | The employers' associations, that had helped the captains of industry to tear and rend labor, were now torn and rent by their quondam allies. |
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2 comments:
Wow, I liked the way you did this slide show...very nice pics!!! -EZ
Thank you EZ. The slide show really doesn't do the images justice. So, I posted the other two that can be enlarged by clicking on them. They give a better idea of the vastness of the dam.
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