Transcript for The Colorado, segment 05 of 10
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Now we come on one of man's engineering marvels, Hoover Dam, rising over seven hundred feet above the river, generating hydropower enough to meet the needs of one million people.
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Behind the dam, Lake Mead, one of the world's largest manmade lakes, one hundred and fifteen miles long. Reclamation's done itself proud.