Dedication Monument, Hoover Dam United States picture - Two 30 foot high winged bronze figures flank a 142 foot high flagpole on top of the Hoover Dam. They were called "Winged Figures of the Republic" by sculptor Oskar J.W. Hansen. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the dam on September 30, 1935. It was known as Boulder Dam until 1947, when it was renamed in honor of President Herbert Hoover.
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Two 30 foot high winged bronze figures flank a 142 foot high flagpole on top of the Hoover Dam. They were called "Winged Figures of the Republic" by sculptor Oskar J.W. Hansen. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the dam on September 30, 1935. It was known as Boulder Dam until 1947, when it was renamed in honor of President Herbert Hoover.