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* This episode was archived June 2019 and is only available for subscribers Sam talks Hoover Dam conception, construction, workforce abuse and legacy. Hoover dam was created to control the mighty Colorado river which constantly flooded and to provide irrigation water for the west of America. It was paid for by creating electricity using this massive dam and accompany hydro-electrical station It was built using a competitive tender process and the cheapest tender won. The building contractor, a consortium of building contractors ruthlessly exploited the desperate great depression manual labour pool. They hired Frank Crowe a very talented engineer who in my opinion tarnished any legacy he had by working the men in terrible conditions including tunnels full of carbon monoxide and 365 days per year working. Complain and you don't have a job. Hope he enjoyed his massive bonus before he died eleven years later. Is the money worth it? And the workers? How desperate do you have to be? Did they need to go to nearby l