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Henderson, city, Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S., midway between Las Vegas and Boulder City. It was established in 1942 in the desert below Clark Mountain to provide housing for the employees of a government-constructed magnesium plant and was named for U.S. Senator Charles Belknap Henderson (1873–1954). Inactivated at the close of World War II when the plant was closed, the project was later bought by the state, and the magnesium-producing facilities were taken over by private companies. Henderson is now Nevada’s chief industrial centre, producing titanium and heavy chemicals for commercial and defense needs. Hoover Dam and Lake Mead National ...(100 of 113 words)

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