Hoover Dam Powerplant: Located 530 feet below Black Canyon's surface, this power plant is where you'll find the dam's 17 generators, plus a tunnel drilled in the 1930s and a platform that sits on ...

This tour departs daily around 8 a.m., depending on your hotel's location along the Strip ... Take in views of Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and the Colorado River on this small-group tour that's ...

The Bureau of Reclamation opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six Companies, a construction and engineering firm made up of some of ...

This video showcases the intricate design and construction of the Hoover Dam from 1931-1935. The Hoover Dam controls the flow of the Colorado River. Meet Jeanette Núñez, first in line to replace ...

The “first concrete for the dam was placed on June 6, 1933,” and the “last on May 29, 1935,” at an average of “160,000 cubic ...

High Scalers drill into the canyon wall 500 feet above the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site. April 1, 1932. Bureau of Reclamation. Even under the best of conditions ...