In 1930, the Bureau of Reclamation selected Saco Reink DeBoer as city planner for Boulder City for workers on Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Over 1,500 buildings were constructed for 5,000 dam workers, making Boulder City third largest city. DeBoer gained experience with Denver Parks and other towns: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming. The Radburn, N. J. superblocks around central park spaces were utilized in Boulder City. During Community Planning Movement, Boulder City was the first fully developed new town. Named after the Hoover Dam general superintendent, Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park was a planned neighborhood park. Boulder City civic center of public buildings was center of triangular- shaped city plan with the Bureau of Reclamation Administration Building at apex. In 1931, the infrastructure base of water, sewer, electricity, and roadways was constructed as was water for Boulder City planned, constructed for six miles from the Colorado River: twelve-inch water main pumped 2,000 feet in elevation. A pre-sedimentation basin, filtration system, water softening, chlorination were designed, constructed. Four pumping stations, five water storage tanks were required. Boulder City was administered by city manager, Sims Ely, who reported to the Bureau Construction Engineer, Walker R. Young. The winning construction bid was Six Companies Inc. that set up separate subsidiary, Boulder City Company, to complete workers’ lodging, boarding, recreation, transportation to - from Hoover Dam. Six Companies Inc. agreed to finance the operation of grade school and pay for twelve teachers’ salaries, with Congress paying $70,000 for school building.
