Frank T. Crowe
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"The Old Man"
Francis Trenholm Crowe
Born: October 12, 1882
Died: February 26, 1946
World's Outstanding Builder of Dams
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"We had 5,000 men in a 4000-foot canyon. The problem was to set up the right sequence of jobs so they wouldn't kill each other off"
Frank T Crowe
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Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park
Dedicated March 14, 1981
In Memory of
Their Friend
And Associate
Frank T. Crowe
Donated by
Red and Catherine Wixson
To the City of Boulder City
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Hoover Dam
Frank Crowe's Greatest Triumph
1931 – 1936
For five long years, the mud, the remorseless
current, the swift floods the jangling telephones
were his responsibility.
Marker is at the intersection of Nevada Way and Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west on Nevada Way.
Courtesy hmdb.org
