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High scalers performed one of the most dangerous yet essential jobs in the construction of Hoover Dam, sitting in a bosun’s chair hundreds of feet in the air to set charges and clear loose rock from the face of the canyon walls. Joe Kine did this work at Boulder Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, and other reclamation projects in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Hoover Dam was built by men whose labor included 98 deaths during various phases of the project, with J.G. Tierney, a U.S.B.R. employee, being the final fatality.
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