• The conveyer belt used to haul away rocks and debris was TWO MILES LONG.
• Common excavation on the project totaled 38,574,503 CUBIC YARDS
• The amount of concrete in the dam totals 11,975,521 CUBIC YARDS
• The dam created 151-mile-long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, with a total storage capacity of 9,562,000 ACRE-FEET OF WATER.
• Crucial for winning World War II, power generated from the dam HELPED THE U.S. BUILD 60,000 ALUMINUM PLANES.
• Each year, the dam IRRIGATES 670,000 ACRES OF FARMLAND.
• Each year, the dam PROVIDES ELEVEN STATES WITH 21 BILLION KILOWATT-HOURS OF ELECTRICITY.