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Herbert Hoover didn't build the dam, it was just named in honour of him. The Hoover Dam boarders Nevada and Arizona.

The dam was built in order to create jobs during the Great Depression and it succeeded

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For flood control, as a water reservoir, for power generation and for recreational purposes. It was also a major public works project during the Great Depression that provided jobs to the unemployed.

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