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The Hoover Dam: A Modern Marvel
Building Materials
This is a list of just some of the material that was used to build the Hoover Dam.
•
Cement - More than 5,000,000 barrels.
•
Reinforcement steel -
45,000,000
lbs.
•
Gates
and
valves -
21,670,000
lbs.
•
Plate
steel and outlet
pipes -
88,000,000
lbs.
•
Pipe
and
fittings - 6,700,000 lbs.
•
Structural steel - 18,000,000 lbs.
•
Miscellaneous
metal
work -
5,300,000
lbs.