 The district ended up training Bud as an engineer so he could help them find the spot where the dam would be built. The crews were starting work on another engineering marvel south of Hoover, the Parker Dam. You know, everybody talks about the Hoover Dam, but Parker Dam is like the deepest dam in the world. Because of what they were, you know, sending the water to Southern California, they had this huge 13-mile tunnel that they built.