
Frank Crowe - Boulder City, NV
N 35° 58.530 W 114° 50.403
11S E 694745 N 3983388
A bust of the man who was the world's outstanding builder of dams.
Waymark Code: WMA2K1
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2010
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Inscription: (Back of sculpture, proper left shoulder:) Richard A. Myer (On front of base:) FRANK T. CROWE/"THE OLD MAN"/FRANCIS TRENHOLM CROWE/BORN: OCTOBER 12, 1882/DIED: FEBRUARY 26, 1946/WORLD'S OUTSTANDING/BUILDER OF DAMS (Commemorative text plaques on base) signed
Description: A bust of Frank T. Crow in a business suit and hat, placed atop a squat obelisk made of reddish-colored rocks that culminates in a cement cap.
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Hoover Dam
Frank Crowe's Greatest Triumph
1931-1936
For five long years, the mud, the remorseless cyrrent, the swift floods the jangling telephones were his responsibility.
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 Crowe
Frank T Crowe Memorial PArk
Dedicated March 14, 1981
In memory of their friend and associate
Frank T Crowe
Donated by Red and Catherine Wixon to the City of Boulder City