Synopsis
Over one hundred people died when Frank Crowe tried to tame the Colorado River by building the Hoover Dam.
- Programme: Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
- Episode: 07: Hoover Dam
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2003
- History
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