Thursday, February 12, 2009

Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam was designed to last 2000 years and was built in the height of The Great American Depression. It's weight is 6,600,000 tons - height is 726 - 45 feet thick at the top and 660 feet thick at the base.

Photo: Richard Strange

postmarked in 2009 with two stamps, one of a clock for 10c and the other with a ram for 17 cents




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