It was designed and financed by Dr Fred Stark Pearson, an American engineer with extensive British financial backing, and took over 1,500 men, mostly Mexicans with experience building other dams for Dr Pearson, two years to build the dam while working 24 hours a day.
It was designed and financed by Dr Fred Stark Pearson. It took over 1,500 men for Dr Pearson. This was to build the dam while working 24 hours a day. Dr Pearson was two years.1,500 men were mostly Mexicans with experience building other dams. Dr Fred Stark Pearson was an American engineer with extensive British financial backing.