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<br />c:c <br />c <br />00 <br />- <br /> <br />,.. <br />-- <br /> <br />1932 River is divCI1cd around damsite November 14. Repayment contract for construc- <br />tion of All-American Canal is completed with Imperial Irrigation District. <br /> <br />1933 First concrete is placed for dam June 6. <br /> <br />1934 All-American Canal construction begins in August. Repayment contract between <br />the United States and the Coachclla Valley Water District covering cost of <br />Coachella Main Canal executed October 15. <br /> <br />1935 Dam stm1s impounding water in Lake Mead Februaty 1. Last concrete is placed <br />in dam May 29. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates dam September 30. <br /> <br />1936 <br /> <br />1937 <br /> <br />1938 <br /> <br />1939 <br /> <br />1940 <br /> <br />1941 <br /> <br />1942 <br /> <br />1943 <br /> <br />1944 <br /> <br />1945 <br /> <br />1946 <br /> <br />1947 <br /> <br />1951 <br /> <br />First gencrator, N-2, goes into full operation October 26. Second generator, N-4, <br />begins operations November 14. Third generator, N-I, starts production <br />December 28. <br /> <br />Generators N-3 and A-8 begin operation March 22 and August 16. <br /> <br />Lake Mead storage reaches 24 million-acre feet,1 and lake extends 110 miles <br />upstream. Generators N-5 and N-6 begin operation June 26 and August 31. <br /> <br />Storage in Lake Mead reaches 25 million acre-feet, more than 8,000 billion <br />gallons. Generators A-7 and A-6 begin operation June 19 and September 12, <br />respectively. With an installed capacity of 704,800 kilowatts, Hoover Powerplant <br />is the largest hydroelectric facility ill the world-a distinction it held until sur- <br />passed by Grand Coo lee Dam in 1949. <br /> <br />Power generation for the year totals 3 billion kilowatt-hours. All-American Canal <br />placed in operation. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California SlIC- <br />cessfully tests its Colorado River Aqueduct. <br /> <br />Lake Mead elevation reaches 1220.45 feet above sea level July 30; lake is 580 <br />feet deep, 120 miles long. Storage reaches 321 million acre-feet. Spillways are <br />tested August 6, the first time they have ever been used. Generator A-I placed in <br />service October 9. Dam closes to public at 5:30 p.m. December 7, and traffic <br />moves over the dam under convoy for duration of World War II. <br /> <br />Generator AR2 placed in operation July 11. <br /> <br />Generator A-5 begins operating January 13. <br /> <br />Generator N-7 placed in service November 1. <br /> <br />Dam reopens to the public September 2. <br /> <br />Tenth year of commercial power production at dam observed October 23, with <br />Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of Reclamation, and dignitaries from the <br />seven Basin States pmticipating. <br /> <br />80th Congress passes legislation officially designating the Boulder Canyon Proj- <br />ect's key structure "Hoover Dam" in honor of President Herbert Hoover. <br /> <br />More than 2 million persons visit Lake Mead National Recreation Area, setting a <br />new record. <br /> <br />'One acre-fOOl equals 325,851 gallons, or enough waler to cover one acre of land to a depth of I fool. <br /> <br /> <br />Governmenl housing under construction in Boulder <br />City, 1931 <br /> <br />5 <br />