Hoover Dam 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. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, …

2015年10月1日 · It sat on a bluff along the Arizona border, perched high above Lake Mead and — more strategically — Hoover Dam, the engineering landmark completed just six years earlier.

2024年10月5日 · The Hoover Dam is a monumental hydroelectric dam that was completed in 1936. It is located on the border of Arizona and Nevada and is known for taming the Colorado River and reshaping the American Southwest.

The story calls it the Red Skull Dam but the dam on everyone’s mind was the Boulder Dam which was also under construction on the Nevada-Arizona border. Construction began in 1931 and was completed in 1936.

2010年4月14日 · The 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 ...

2015年9月14日 · Hoover Dam created America's largest reservoir. Formed by the damning of the Colorado River, Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, covers about 248 square miles and is capable of holding...

Hoover Dam is a concrete arch gravity dam located about 70 miles from Laughlin, Clark, Nevada. The dam, which is on the Colorado River, was primarily built for hydroelectric purposes, but also serves for Irrigation and Water Supply benefits.

2022年11月15日 · The Hoover Dam is a historic landmark that continues to impress almost a century after its completion. It is a triumph of engineering and architecture. It got done despite countless challenges, from political wrangling to technical hurdles.

Located where the Hoover Dam parking garage sits today, the high mix plant was used to store cement, sand, gravel, and other materials used in the dam’s construction, before being transported to its necessary location via rail, trucks, and buckets suspended from cables.

2022年8月7日 · Hoover Dam supplies the generation of low-cost hydroelectric power for utilization in Nevada, Arizona & California. Hoover Dam alone generates more than 4 billion kilowatt-hours a year – enough to serve 1.3 million people.