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When did the hoover dam start being built
The Hoover Dam was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression
why was the hoover dam built
The Hoover Dam was built to control floods of fertile, but arid agricultural land, and to provide a source of water and electrical power for people in its adjacent areas

Question: who was the architect of the dam
Self-contained rewrite: who was the architect of the hoover dam