Hoover Dam

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Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution of Congress, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was named after President Herbert Hoover.

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Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution of Congress, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was named after President Herbert Hoover.

Hoover Dam | Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region. Official Bureau of Reclamation Web Site for Hoover Dam. Information provided about the construction of the dam, how it works, and how to take a tour of the dam.
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
Hoover Dam - Hoover Dam Las Vegas - Vegas Attractions | Vegas.com
Named one of the Top 10 Construction Achievements of the 20th Century, Hoover Dam continues to draw crowds 80 years after its creation. Attracting more than a million visitors a year, Hoover Dam is located in Black Canyon, just minutes outside of Las Vegas.
https://www.vegas.com/attractions/near-las-vegas/hoover-dam/
Hoover Dam - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
Find out more about the history of Hoover Dam, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com
http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam
Hoover Dam (Boulder City, NV): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor
Book your tickets online for Hoover Dam, Boulder City: See 6,884 reviews, articles, and 7,060 photos of Hoover Dam, ranked No.1 on TripAdvisor among 45 attractions in Boulder City.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60881-d150546-Reviews-Hoover_Dam-Boulder_City_Nevada.html
"The Greatest Dam in the World": Building Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is as tall as a 60-story building. It was the highest dam in the world when it was completed in 1935. Its base is as thick as two football fields are long. Each spillway, designed to let floodwaters pass without harming the dam itself, can handle the volume of water that flows over Niagara Falls. The amount of concrete used in building it was enough to pave a road stretching from San Francisco to New York City.
https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/140hooverdam/140hoover_dam.htm
Hoover Dam Tour Company of Las Vegas has tours to Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Area
Hoover Dam Tour Company of Las Vegas has tours to Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Area
https://hooverdamtourcompany.com
Hoover Dam | Visit Arizona
Explore the Hoover Dam, one of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, which spans the Black Canyon along the Colorado River between AZ and NV.
https://www.visitarizona.com/uniquely-az/parks-and-monuments/hoover-dam
Hoover Dam | TravelNevada
Located in Black Canyon on the Colorado River about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, at more than 700 feet tall Hoover Dam is an amazing Nevada spectacle, especially considering it was built more than...
https://travelnevada.com/discover/32593/hoover-dam
14 Powerful Facts About the Hoover Dam | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/67916/14-powerful-facts-about-hoover-dam
Hoover Dam - 2878 Photos & 668 Reviews - Landmarks & Historical Buildings - Hwy 93, Boulder City, NV - Phone Number - Yelp
668 reviews of Hoover Dam "THis was totally worth the small drive from Las Vegas. I would recommend getting there early, the lines to go through the check point entrance can be a bit lengthy and the sun is brutal, if you are in a convertable. We…
https://www.yelp.com/biz/hoover-dam-boulder-city
The History of the Hoover Dam - YouTube
"In the middle of the Mojave Desert, 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, right smack on the Arizona-Nevada border sits..." Go ahead and sit back while TheBlaze's Raj Nair takes you on a journey through the history of the Hoover Dam. Watch Liberty Treehouse at 3pm on TheBlaze!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl678len3aY
Hoover Dam | Viator
The iconic Hoover Dam, also known as the Boulder Dam, is possibly the best-known waterway in America, thanks to a long history and unmatched legacy that dates back to the early 1930s. For decades travelers have ventured to this western destination in search of picturesque views of the incredible surrounding landscape—check out the 726-foot (221-meter) observation deck and take in the 360-degree look out to Lake Mead, the Colorado River, and the canyons and valleys surrounding the dam.
https://www.viator.com/Las-Vegas-attractions/Hoover-Dam/d684-a11
Hoover Dam - Wikipedia
Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution of Congress, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was named after President Herbert Hoover.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941
Official name	Hoover Dam
Location	Clark County, Nevada/Mohave County, Arizona, U.S.
Purpose	Power, flood control, water storage, regulation, recreation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1931
Opening date	1936 (88 years ago) (1936)
Construction cost	$49 million (1931 budget) ($790 million in 2023 dollars^[1])
Owner(s)	United States government
Operator(s)	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete gravity-arch dam
Impounds	Colorado River
Height	726.4 ft (221.4 m)
Length	1,244 ft (379 m)
Elevation at crest	1,232 ft (376 m)
Width (crest)	45 ft (14 m)
Width (base)	660 ft (200 m)
Dam volume	3,250,000 cu yd (2,480,000 m³)
Spillway type	2 controlled Drum-Gate, Side channel
Spillway capacity	400,000 cu ft/s (11,000 m³/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Mead
Total capacity	28,537,000 acre⋅ft (35.200 km³)
Active capacity	15,853,000 acre⋅ft (19.554 km³)
Inactive capacity	10,024,000 acre⋅ft (12.364 km³)
Catchment area	167,800 sq mi (435,000 km²)
Surface area	247 sq mi (640 km²)^[2]
Maximum length	112 mi (180 km)
Maximum water depth	590 ft (180 m)
Normal elevation	1,219 ft (372 m)
Power Station
Operator(s)	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Commission date	1936–1960
Hydraulic head	590 ft (180 m) (Max)
Turbines	13 × 130 MW 2 × 127 MW 1 × 68.5 MW 1 × 61.5 MW Francis-type 2 × 2.4 MW Pelton-type
Installed capacity	2,078.8 MW
Capacity factor	23%
Annual generation	3.3 TWh (12 PJ) (2020)^[3]
Website Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam


Hoover Dam
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark


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Nearest city	Boulder City, Nevada
Coordinates	36°0′56″N 114°44′16″W / 36.01556°N 114.73778°W / 36.01556; -114.73778
Built	1933
Architect	Six Companies, Inc. (structural), Gordon Kaufmann (exteriors)
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS (AD)
NRHP reference No.	81000382
Significant dates
First Power Generation	September 11, 1936^[6]
Added to NRHP	April 8, 1981^[4]
Designated NHL	August 20, 1985^[5]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Hoover Dam | Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region. Official Bureau of Reclamation Web Site for Hoover Dam. Information provided about the construction of the dam, how it works, and how to take a tour of the dam.
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
Hoover Dam - Hoover Dam Las Vegas - Vegas Attractions | Vegas.com
Named one of the Top 10 Construction Achievements of the 20th Century, Hoover Dam continues to draw crowds 80 years after its creation. Attracting more than a million visitors a year, Hoover Dam is located in Black Canyon, just minutes outside of Las Vegas.
https://www.vegas.com/attractions/near-las-vegas/hoover-dam/
Hoover Dam - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
Find out more about the history of Hoover Dam, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com
http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam
Hoover Dam (Boulder City, NV): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor
Book your tickets online for Hoover Dam, Boulder City: See 6,884 reviews, articles, and 7,060 photos of Hoover Dam, ranked No.1 on TripAdvisor among 45 attractions in Boulder City.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60881-d150546-Reviews-Hoover_Dam-Boulder_City_Nevada.html
"The Greatest Dam in the World": Building Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is as tall as a 60-story building. It was the highest dam in the world when it was completed in 1935. Its base is as thick as two football fields are long. Each spillway, designed to let floodwaters pass without harming the dam itself, can handle the volume of water that flows over Niagara Falls. The amount of concrete used in building it was enough to pave a road stretching from San Francisco to New York City.
https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/140hooverdam/140hoover_dam.htm
Hoover Dam Tour Company of Las Vegas has tours to Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Area
Hoover Dam Tour Company of Las Vegas has tours to Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Area
https://hooverdamtourcompany.com
Hoover Dam | Visit Arizona
Explore the Hoover Dam, one of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, which spans the Black Canyon along the Colorado River between AZ and NV.
https://www.visitarizona.com/uniquely-az/parks-and-monuments/hoover-dam
Hoover Dam | TravelNevada
Located in Black Canyon on the Colorado River about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, at more than 700 feet tall Hoover Dam is an amazing Nevada spectacle, especially considering it was built more than...
https://travelnevada.com/discover/32593/hoover-dam
14 Powerful Facts About the Hoover Dam | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/67916/14-powerful-facts-about-hoover-dam
Hoover Dam - 2878 Photos & 668 Reviews - Landmarks & Historical Buildings - Hwy 93, Boulder City, NV - Phone Number - Yelp
668 reviews of Hoover Dam "THis was totally worth the small drive from Las Vegas. I would recommend getting there early, the lines to go through the check point entrance can be a bit lengthy and the sun is brutal, if you are in a convertable. We…
https://www.yelp.com/biz/hoover-dam-boulder-city
The History of the Hoover Dam - YouTube
"In the middle of the Mojave Desert, 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, right smack on the Arizona-Nevada border sits..." Go ahead and sit back while TheBlaze's Raj Nair takes you on a journey through the history of the Hoover Dam. Watch Liberty Treehouse at 3pm on TheBlaze!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl678len3aY
Hoover Dam | Viator
The iconic Hoover Dam, also known as the Boulder Dam, is possibly the best-known waterway in America, thanks to a long history and unmatched legacy that dates back to the early 1930s. For decades travelers have ventured to this western destination in search of picturesque views of the incredible surrounding landscape—check out the 726-foot (221-meter) observation deck and take in the 360-degree look out to Lake Mead, the Colorado River, and the canyons and valleys surrounding the dam.
https://www.viator.com/Las-Vegas-attractions/Hoover-Dam/d684-a11
Hoover Dam - Wikipedia
Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution of Congress, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was named after President Herbert Hoover.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941
Official name	Hoover Dam
Location	Clark County, Nevada/Mohave County, Arizona, U.S.
Purpose	Power, flood control, water storage, regulation, recreation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1931
Opening date	1936 (88 years ago) (1936)
Construction cost	$49 million (1931 budget) ($790 million in 2023 dollars^[1])
Owner(s)	United States government
Operator(s)	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete gravity-arch dam
Impounds	Colorado River
Height	726.4 ft (221.4 m)
Length	1,244 ft (379 m)
Elevation at crest	1,232 ft (376 m)
Width (crest)	45 ft (14 m)
Width (base)	660 ft (200 m)
Dam volume	3,250,000 cu yd (2,480,000 m³)
Spillway type	2 controlled Drum-Gate, Side channel
Spillway capacity	400,000 cu ft/s (11,000 m³/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Mead
Total capacity	28,537,000 acre⋅ft (35.200 km³)
Active capacity	15,853,000 acre⋅ft (19.554 km³)
Inactive capacity	10,024,000 acre⋅ft (12.364 km³)
Catchment area	167,800 sq mi (435,000 km²)
Surface area	247 sq mi (640 km²)^[2]
Maximum length	112 mi (180 km)
Maximum water depth	590 ft (180 m)
Normal elevation	1,219 ft (372 m)
Power Station
Operator(s)	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Commission date	1936–1960
Hydraulic head	590 ft (180 m) (Max)
Turbines	13 × 130 MW 2 × 127 MW 1 × 68.5 MW 1 × 61.5 MW Francis-type 2 × 2.4 MW Pelton-type
Installed capacity	2,078.8 MW
Capacity factor	23%
Annual generation	3.3 TWh (12 PJ) (2020)^[3]
Website Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam


Hoover Dam
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark


Show map of Nevada Show map of USA West Show map of the United States
Nearest city	Boulder City, Nevada
Coordinates	36°0′56″N 114°44′16″W / 36.01556°N 114.73778°W / 36.01556; -114.73778
Built	1933
Architect	Six Companies, Inc. (structural), Gordon Kaufmann (exteriors)
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS (AD)
NRHP reference No.	81000382
Significant dates
First Power Generation	September 11, 1936^[6]
Added to NRHP	April 8, 1981^[4]
Designated NHL	August 20, 1985^[5]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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