Discover the history, engineering, and natural beauty of the Hoover Dam. Plan your visit with tips, tours, and nearby ...

the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United ...

As Lake Mead’s water level continues to fall amid ... another 160 feet to its “dead pool,” the point at which Hoover Dam would be unable to release water downstream. John Fleck, a water ...

The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the ... The transformation here in these years is a 20th century marvel.” The dam holds 2.5m m 3 of water in the form of Lake Mead ...

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 ...

Once the largest hydroelectric producer in the world, the Hoover Dam stands 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long. Contractors excavated 3.7 million cubic yards of rock and poured 4.36 million cubic yards ...

28, 1963, not quite eight weeks before Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas, Texas, when he visited Las Vegas for about an hour, the first sitting president to make ... Lake Mead and Hoover Dam ...

Take in views of Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and the Colorado River on this small ... Along the way, your guide will make bonus stops at some of their favorite "hidden gem" spots.