From the US Bureau of Reclamation’s photo archive, Hoover Dam seen from the upstream side, circa 1935:
Hoover Dam, 1935, courtesy USBR
River Beat: Hoover Dam Back in the Day
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A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things, living in New Mexico
Did you ever play Civ? Building the Hoover dam counted as a hydroelectric plant in all of your cities :-).
William – Not unlike how it worked in real life.