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Collided, when thousands came in the great depression for another grand power generating project. >> this town is here because it was a federal reservation to build hoover dam. >> reporter: that city council member duncan mccoy, he's a historian. the dam which sits just east of town was originally called boulder dam. and it seemed an impossible idea at the time. damming up the colorado river with a wall of concrete bigger than anything anyone here had ever seen before. and yet, unemployed men from all over the country converged on nevada, scrambling for the coveted jobs no matter how dangerous...
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