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The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
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Electric generator
Device that converts other energy to electrical energy
In electricity generation, a generator, also called an electric generator, electrical generator, and electromagnetic generator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy for use in an external circuit. In most generators which are…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hoover Dam
Dam in Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, US
The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)