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TheHooverDam
TheHooverDam
ByMichaelStahl
Hydropower
is
energy
generated
by
a
process
that
uses
running
or
falling
water.
Mankind
has
used
it
nturies.
Around
the
globe
during
more
primitive
times,
man
used
hydropower
for
irrigation
of
crops
located
around
local
water
sources.
Later,
hydropower
was
used
to
energize
mills
that
manufactured
all
sorts
of
things
from
paper
to
paint.
These
days,
hydropower
is
looked
to
for
the
generation
of
electricity
more
than
any
other
type
of
energy,
so
it
is
now
often
referred
to
as
“hydro‐electric
power.”
Hydropower
has
both
positive
and
negative
effects.
If
one
were
to
try
and
find
a
perfect
example
of
what
hydropower
can
do
for
society,
both
positive
and
negative,
they
would
need
to
look
no
further
than
the
border
between
the
states
of
Nevada
and
Arizona
in
the
United
States
of
America.
There,
they
would
find
one
of
the
most
iconic
and
recognizable
structures
in
the
entire
country.
There,
they
would
find
the
Hoover
Dam.
For
decades,
the
people
of
the
United
States
of
America
knew
that
the
Colorado
River
would
be
a
tremendously
useful
resource.
The
Colorado
River
was
used
to
irrigate
farmlands
for
,
which
brought
thousands
upon
thousands
of
settlers
to
the
Southwest
region.
At
the
turn
of
the
twentieth
century
though,
the
ernment
became
aware
of
the
many
technological
improvements
being
made
in
the
world
of
hydropower.
It
had
been
used
famously
to
power
boats,
but
these
new
developments
were
making
it
easier
for
hydropower
to
be
used
to
generate
electricity.
With
the
invention
of
the
light
bulb
in
1879,
it
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