Professor Hamilton's Diary: Sept. 30, 1935

FDR dedicates the Boulder Dam, aka the Hoover Dam

While Professor Hamilton was enjoying his sojourn at Mohonk Mountain House, President Roosevelt was in Nevada dedicating one of the most monumental engineering achievements of the 20th century, the Boulder Dam.

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The Ansel Adams photograph of the dam is from the National Archives, accessed via Wikimedia Commons.