The ground-breaking order built during the American Great Depression period was constructed between 1931 and 1936, at a cost of $49 million dollars, explains Kenny Slaught. The dam was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was later transformed to Hoover Dam to honor then-President Herbert Hoover and his significant contributions to the completion of this unusual project. It stands at 221 meters in height, is 379 meters in length, and contains more than 35.000 cubic kilometers of total capacity, allowing more than 4.2 billion kWh2 per year of power.

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