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Bookmark or Share- Hoover Dam - HISTORYThe largest dam in the world at the time of its completion in 1935, this National Historic Landmark stores enough water in Lake Mead to irrigate 2 million acres and serves as a popular tourist...
- Hoover Dam | Description, Location, Constructino, Facts, History ...Hoover Dam, dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, at the Arizona - Nevada border, U.S. Constructed between 1930 and 1936, it is the highest concrete arch- gravity dam in the United States. It impounds Lake Mead, which extends for 115 miles (185 km) upstream and is one of the largest artificial lakes in the world.
- Hoover Dam - Bureau of ReclamationBureau 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.
- Hoover Dam - WikipediaHoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California.
- Boulder Dam - Encyclopedia.comLocated in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River on the Arizona-Nevada state line, thirty-five miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Boulder Dam, known since 1947 as the Hoover Dam, stands as a monument to modern engineering.
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