HooverDamHooverDam Las Vegas, Nevada Dams the Colorado River Built between 1931 and 1936.

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HooverDamHooverDam Las Vegas, Nevada Dams the Colorado River Built between 1931 and 1936

726 feet high, 1244 feet long Concrete gravity arch dam $49,000,000 = $676,000,000

Dams Lake Mead 158,000 acre lake

Arch in Greece

Country road bridge

Brooklyn Bridge Twin Towers

Cold Spring Arch Bridge

Santa Barbara, California Won an award for outstanding iron works shortly after it was built in the 60s

What bridge is this?

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, California

Construction Began in miles long

Opening from San Francisco Bay to Pacific Ocean

Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri Commemorates the Louisiana Purchase

630 feet tall and 630 feet wide at widest point On clear day can see up to 30 miles from the top

Flashlight

Bellagio Hotel

Le Four Solaire at Font-Romeur Ten years, $2,000,000 9,000 mirrors, 6,000F

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