Classic Projects: The Hoover Dam

摘要

I took until the 20th century for engineers to build anything bigger than the Great Pyramid at Giza. Nick Smith looks at one of the largest public works projects ever undertaken in the US. IT COULDN'T have come at a better time. America was caught in the grip of the worst depression it had ever seen, and the announcement of the largest public works project was seen as a catalyst for economic recovery. The President, Herbert Hoover, saw the 'Boulder Dam' as an opportunity to create employment, restore national pride and rescue a failing political career.