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HOOVER DAM
胡佛水壩
Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and
Nevada, some 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada.
胡佛大壩橫跨科羅拉多河黑峽谷亞利桑那州與內華達州,位於
內華達州裡城市拉斯維加斯東南大約30英里之間。
Constructed in the 1930s, the concrete arch-gravity structure was intended to
prevent flooding as well as provide much-needed irrigation and hydroelectric
power to arid regions of states like California and Arizona.
建於1930年,混凝土拱重力式結構是為了防止水浸,並提供
急需的灌溉和水力發電像加州和亞利桑那州州乾旱地區。
It was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was renamed in 1947 in honor of
Herbert Hoover, who as U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president
proved instrumental in getting the dam built. At 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long,
Hoover Dam was one of the largest man-made structures in the world at the time
of its construction, and one of the world’s largest producers of hydroelectric power.
它最初被稱為博爾德水壩,但更名於1947年在紀念赫伯特·胡佛,當
美國商務部長和31日美國總統被證明有助於獲得建大壩。 726英尺高,
1244英尺長,胡佛水壩是其中一個最大的人造結構在世界上它的建築
的時候,世界上最大的水電生產國之一。
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