Roosevelt's Hoover Dam Dedication - Boulder City, NV
N 35° 58.530 W 114° 50.403
11S E 694745 N 3983388
One of two memorials to the dam buiders in this city park, this one features a quote from President Roosevelt.
Waymark Code: WMA2VK
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2010
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Inscription: (On front of base:) THEY ENDURED THE HARDSHIPS SO/ALL OF AMERICA MIGHT PROSPER/THIS MEMORIAL WAS CONTRIBUTED/BY THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT/HOOVER DAM TO COMMEMORATE THE/50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DEDICATION/SEPTEMBER 30, 1985
(On right of base:) PROMINENT AMONG THE PROJECT'S MANY/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CONSTRUCTION/INDUSTRY IS THE HARD HAT WHICH MADE/ITS DEBUT AS MANDATORY EQUIPMENT AT/HOOVER DAM WHERE SAFETY FIRST WAS/THE ORDER OF THE DAY (Bronze commemorative plaque located on left of base)
Description: A construction worker's protective helmet, attached at the rear to a curved support, protruding from the top of a cement cap atop a squat obelisk made of reddish-colored rocks.
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Additional text:
At the dedication of Hoover Dam
September 30, 1935
'This is an engineering victory of the first order--another great achievement of American resourcefullness, skill and determination, this is why I congratulate you who have created Boulder Dam and on behalf of the nation, say to you--well done'
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt