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Principles in Play: Dam! Now that’s torque! How the Hoover Dam Creates Torque If you’ve ever visited the Hoover Dam, there’s no doubt that you’ll have been amazed at the size and simplicity of the outsized generators that convert hydro-electric power into electricity for the south western United States. Here’s how the US Corps of Engineers explains how the Hoover Dam works: “A hydraulic turbine converts the energy of flowing water into mechanical energy. A hydroelectric generator converts this mechanical energy into electricity. The operation of a generator is based on the principles discovered by Faraday. He found that when a magnet is moved past a conductor, it causes electricity to flow. In a large generator, electromagnets are made by