0
The Hoover dam weighs 6,600,000 tons. It took 3,250,000 cubic yards of concrete to build the dam itself
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What famous dam in the US starts with an h?
Hoover Dam
One successful public works project begun under president Hoover was the?
Construction of a major dam on the Colorado River.
What problem was Hoover Dam supposed to solve?
Dams are usually built for one of a relatively few purposes:Flood controlWater storagePower generationA quick Googling of "Hoover Dam" indicates that it was built for all three of those reasons.
What successful public-works project began under president hoover?
He backed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), which provided financial aid to railroads, financial institutions, and business corporations. Boulder (now Hoover) Dam was begun under his adminstration.
How did Lake Mead form?
Lake Mead formed when the Hoover Dam was built over the Colorado River
How large is Hoover Dam in cubic meters?
Hoover Dam contains 3,333,459.2 cubic meters of concrete.
How was Hoover Dam formed?
It is a manmade concrete structure.
How much concrete was used to build Hoover Dam?
about 6600000 tons of concrete!! natal
How much concrete is in Hoover Dam?
Enough to lay a four foot wide sidewalk around the earth.
What is the name of the largest concrete dam in United States .?
The largest concrete dam in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam and it contains approximately 12 million cubic yards of concrete. This is about twice the amount of concrete in Hoover Dam.
What is the name of the largest concrete dam in the United states?
The largest concrete dam in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam and it contains approximately 12 million cubic yards of concrete. This is about twice the amount of concrete in Hoover Dam.
How much cement was used to make the Hoover Dam?
Three and one-quarter million cubic yards. There are 4,360,000 cubic yards of concrete in the dam
What materials is the Hoover Dam made of?
concrete and only contrete
How many beavers would it take to recreate the Hoover dam?
Can't happen. Beavers work with mud and branches, the Hoover dam is reinforced concrete. Mud and branches makes for a much weaker building material than reinforced concrete. It's impossible to build something to the proportions of the Hoover dam out of mud and branches, it'd collapse under its own weight, or be washed away by the water pressure long before it got anywhere near Hoover dam size.
What is the name of the dam on Colorado river between Arizona and Nevada?
There are six of them on the Colorado river. Glenn Canyon dam, Hoover dam, Davis dam, Parker dam, Palo Verde diversion dam and Imperial dam.
What is the nickname of Hoover dam?
A nickname for the Hoover Dam is Boulder Dam.
Which is bigger Hoover dam or Glen dam?
Hoover
