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Photo ID: hl4ke3	Subject: Groundwater	Description
	Arch Dams; Colorado River; Concrete Dams; Construction; Dam Sites; Dams; Design; Engineering Geology; Ground Water; Lake Mead; Reservoirs	Aerial view of Hoover Dam. This dam was constructed between 1930 and 1936 as Boulder Dam, and renamed in honor of president Herbert Hoover in 1947. The dam impounds Lake Mead and is used for flood and silt control, power, irrigation, and industrial and domestic water supplies.
	Photographer	Location
	Lynn Betts Credit Line: Photo by Lynn Betts, courtesy of USDA NRCS	North America; United States; Nevada; Hoover Dam
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use