Named projects to build, expand or complete a dam and its associated hydropower generating capacity, including landmark dams built for power generation, flood control or irrigation with a significant hydroelectric component. Belongs here: a specific dam-building or dam-power undertaking named as a project. Does not belong here: an already-operating hydroelectric plant described as a facility rather than a project, grouped under the facility content type; a multi-technology national program that happens to include dam-building among several other technologies, grouped under National Energy Initiative.
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1. Hoover Dam - Wikipedia
WikipediaConstruction, Six Companies Inc. 1931 startQuote, Construction, Six Companies Inc. 1931 start
The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931.
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