The Hoover Dam is so big, it’s difficult to imagine how it was built – and as this clip shows, it was built in record time! | Aerial America

Back in the 1930's when construction of the Hoover Dam got underway, the dam wasn't the only thing that needed to be built. Housing and facilities were needed for the thousands of people coming to the area to work on the project. Hoover Dam gave rise to Boulder City. Today, one of the "higher end" homes that served as a home for one of the managers of the Hoover Dam construction now resides at the Clark County Museum. It is called the Babcock/Wilcox house, named after one of the companies that b