The construction of the Hoover Dam remains an engineering marvel well worth a look.
What do you make of this strange but true occurence - the first man to die on the project was J.G. Tierney a Bureau of Reclamation employee who was part of a geological survey and drowned when he fell from a barge on December 20, 1922. He was part of a team trying to determine the best location for the placement of the dam.
The last man to die associated with the construction fell from an intake tower was killed exactly 13 years to the day later - December 20, 1935. His name? J.G. Tierney, son of the very first man to perish.
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