A Unique Sand and Gravel Plan - Hoover Dam Operations Require 600 Tons Hourly of Closely Sired Aggregate
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 4
- File Size:
- 564 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1934
Abstract
HOOVER DAM, rapidly nearing completion in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River at Boulder City, Nev., taxes the superlatives of the vocabulary to describe. For by all odds, it is the largest construction project of its type ever essayed by man and the plants providing the essential materials of construction are also in a class by themselves not only in size but in advanced design, mechanization, and accurate control. Picture, if you will, the great aggregate plant, as it is called, situated about 4 mi. upstream from the site of
Citation
APA: (1934) A Unique Sand and Gravel Plan - Hoover Dam Operations Require 600 Tons Hourly of Closely Sired Aggregate
MLA: A Unique Sand and Gravel Plan - Hoover Dam Operations Require 600 Tons Hourly of Closely Sired Aggregate. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1934.