"Given that it was built during the Depression, I consider it a modern miracle." The Hoover Dam captures water from the Colorado River and fills Lake Mead. The dam also generates enough energy ...

Up next on the walking tour is the Los Angeles Water and Power Building on Nevada ... a Spanish-style building completed in 1932 to manage the rise of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon.

Food and drinks are sold at the Hoover Dam Café, an American-style cafeteria with takeaway options. Or bring your own food and beverages and eat outdoors while enjoying the view. Only water is ...

plus a tunnel drilled in the 1930s and a platform that sits on top of a 30-foot-wide water pipe. Both on-site guided tours include stops inside the power plant, but only the Hoover Dam Tour offers ...

Arizona, unhappy with the proposed plan for water distribution ... Reclamation opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six Companies ...

From the top of Hoover Dam ... Turbines in the dam’s generator room provide power for more than 1 million people.Credit: iStock Some water does get in, however. Every tunnel within the dam ...

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on ... Harding. Hoover was present at many of the early meetings that focused on how water would be ...

A feat of modern civil engineering, Hoover Dam has stood tall and brought billions of visitors to Las Vegas since it was constructed in the 1930s. But one of the lesser known facts about it is ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...