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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Who built the Hoover Dam and many of the electricity generating stations?
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A group of companies that formed a single company for the project called "Six Companies"
This was a project that was undertaken by Pres. Coolidge in the middle of the GREAT Depression.
The govt. hired The Six Companies (who brought in the lowest bid) to do the job as part of a way to get people working again.
In 2012...our govt. won't even allow the Keystone Pipeline (which would be a huge economic boom) to be built.
IF the Hoover Dam were to be attempted today...it would never be built because of the E.P.A. (environmental protection agency) And Congress wouldn't even consider it because Democrats would NEVER vote against environmentalists groups (thus the loss of jobs and money from the Keystone Pipeline)
I watched all of that on The History Channel by the way. lol
And yes, they said that it would not be built in "modern" times because ecologists would block it.
Hope that answers that for you.
