# @gettyimages on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CCV1PPtnPLy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16446047-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-07-07T12:37:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

Today marks ninety years since construction began on the Hoover Dam. The highest concrete arch dam in the United States, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985 and draws millions of visitors each year.⁠
A feat of engineering, 112 deaths were reported in association with its building. A memorial, inscribed "They Died to Make the Desert Bloom", was designed by Oskar J. W. Hansen, whose Art Deco sculptures dot the site.⁠
For more Hoover Dam history from gettyarchive, follow our bio link.⁠
📷: Dick Whittington Studio/University of Southern California/Corbis via Getty Images l 1934 l #GettyImages25 #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠
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