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  1. The highest concrete dam in the USA, 221
  2. m/726 ft, on the Colorado River at the
  3. Arizona-Nevada border, built 1931-36. Known
  4. as Boulder Dam 1933-47, its name was restored
  5. by President Truman as the reputation of the
  6. former president, Herbert Hoover, was
  7. revived. It impounds Lake Meade, and has a
  8. hydroelectric power capacity of 1,300
  9. megawatts.
  10.