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Source/Further reading:

Popular Mechanics, history and future: https://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...
National Parks Service: https://www.nps.gov/articles/nevadaa...
ThoughtCo history: https://www.thoughtco.com/geographyo...
History: https://www.history.com/thisdayinh...
Interesting podcast on the engineering behind it all: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/unpr...
What’s under the lake: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20140...
1902 Reclamation Act: https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.o...
St Francis Dam failure, 1928 effects on Hoover Dam: http://failuremag.com/article/thest....
Colorado River Compact, 1922: https://www.britannica.com/place/Colo...
Hoover Dam strike: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
Repayment: https://www.latimes.com/archives/lax...
Naming: https://time.com/4045046/hooverdamn...
First hydroelectric dam: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/th...
Lake Mead’s decline: https://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...
Future of the dam: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...