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<br />~. <br />C'J <br />00 <br /> <br />_. <br /> <br />- <br />'- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Downstream fila of Hoover Dar,'z il/ February <br />1934. Dam \Vas built in blocks varying in size from <br />60 feet square at /l1e upstream side 10 25 fecr <br />square Oil rhe downs/ream side. Concrete placement <br />ill any Olll' block was limited to 110 more thWI 5 feel <br />i/1 72 hours. <br /> <br />Upstream face of HoO\'cr Dam (/lId illwkl! lOwers, <br />Febru(/l)' /935 <br /> <br />only. And all the original leases <br />negotiated in 1931 were good only until <br />1941. <br />With Boulder City facing a housing <br />shortage in 1941 and with the original <br />leases expiring, there was an urgent need <br />for additional housing and an extension of <br />the leases then in effect. For the most <br />part, all leases were renewed for another <br />10 years. And as it hecame apparent that <br />the new structures would be permanent, <br />some 20-year leases were issued. <br />Boulder City showed steady though not <br />phenomenal growth. The Bureau of <br />Reclamation built 100 temporary houses <br />and 40 semipermanent housing units in <br />1941-42, and added 16 permanent <br />residences in 1949-50. The Defense <br />Plant Corporation erected 60 houses and <br />26 apartment units, in addition to the <br />considerable building done by <br />individuals. <br />Other entities had established locations <br />in Boulder City also, and many of the <br />people who worked for them lived in the <br />town. Included in this list were the City <br />of Los Angeles Department of Water and <br />Power and the Southern California Edison <br />Co., the agencies which operate Hoover <br />Powerplant under contract with the <br />Federal government; the National Park <br />Service, which has jurisdiction over Lake <br />Mead National Recreation Area and has <br />maintained offices in Boulder City since <br />1936; and the Bureau of Mines, which <br />maintained a Boulder City office from <br />1938 to 1983. In 1943, the city also <br />became headquarters for Reclamation's <br />Lower Colorado Region. <br />As time went on, it became clear that <br />Boulder City's development was not tem- <br />porary. With growth and expansion there <br />came an air of permanence and stability. <br />After World War II, all municipal <br />facilities were expanded. Today, Boulder <br />City is a thriving community of approx. <br />imately 11,500 with its own hospital and <br />a 9-hole golf course. <br /> <br />25 <br />