Hoover Dam

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Hoover Dam
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:concrete_gravity_dam
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Boulder_Dam
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 1 million
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Six_Companies,_Inc.
gptkbp:builtBetween 1931
1936
gptkbp:connectedTo gptkb:Hoover_Dam_Bypass
gptkbp:constructionWorkers over 21,000
gptkbp:cost $49 million (1930s USD)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Colorado_River
gptkbp:dam arch-gravity
gptkbp:deathsDuringConstruction over 100
gptkbp:elevationAtCrest 1,232 feet
gptkbp:engineer gptkb:John_L._Savage
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Superman_(1978_film)
gptkb:San_Andreas_(film)
gptkb:Transformers_(film)
gptkbp:hasTower 17
gptkbp:height 726 feet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hoover Dam
gptkbp:impounds gptkb:Lake_Mead
gptkbp:latitude 36.0156° N
gptkbp:length 1,244 feet
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Arizona
gptkb:Nevada
gptkb:Black_Canyon
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Colorado_River
gptkbp:longitude 114.7378° W
gptkbp:mapType USA Nevada#USA
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Kingman,_Arizona
gptkb:Boulder_City,_Nevada
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
gptkbp:opened 1936
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Bureau_of_Reclamation
gptkbp:powerplant about 2,080 megawatts
gptkbp:purpose flood control
hydroelectric power
recreation
water storage
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southwestern_United_States
gptkbp:registeredIn National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:reservoirCapacity 28.9 million acre-feet
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:list
gptkbp:waterSource gptkb:Colorado_River
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3