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September 22, 2005

Construction Industry Spotlight: 75 years later, Hoover Dam work is much safer

  • Over 100 workers were killed during construction of Hoover Dam. Zero deaths is the goal for a new bridge under construction downstream from the dam.
    • By HENRY BREAN
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

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    Today's seasoned construction workers cringe over the lack of safety measures shown in old construction photos of Hoover Dam. In this 1935 photo, workers build the highway across what was then called Boulder Dam. Many didn't have safety equipment.

    BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — On the edge of a sun-baked cliff hundreds of feet above the Colorado River, a worker leans into a jackleg drill and bores a hole for explosives in the solid rock of Black Canyon.


     
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