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Hoover Dam (also known as Boulder Dam), Arizona/California
Location
In Black Canyon. On US93 at the Nevada/Arizona state line, near Las Vegas. Northwest Arizona, southeast Nevada.
River
Colorado. The construction of the Hoover Dam created Lake Mead.
Type Of Dam
A high, arch-gravity concrete dam.
Statistics
Height: 726 feet.
Length at top: 1244 feet.
Width at base: 660 feet.
Width at top: 45 feet.
Volume of concrete: about 119 million cubic feet.
Construction: 1931 - 1936.
Surface area of Lake Mead: 247 square miles.
Length of shoreline of Lake Mead: 550 miles.
Drainage area 167,800 square miles.
Power production: nearly 1.5 million kilowatts.
The Hoover Dam is the highest arch-gravity dam in the USA.
Parking
Free (I think) but often very difficult due to heavy congestion.
Dam Tours
There is a charge made for dam tours; due to the large number of visitors there are frequently long queues for dam tours.
Comments
This is one of the best known dams, and with its location near to Las Vegas, on the road between that city and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, it receives a large number of visitors. The dam is approached by road from both directions down a hill, leaving little room for parking areas. As a result the area is often highly congested.
In The Area
- Charleston Peak, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Kyle Canyon, Lee Canyon, Mount Charleston, Nevada State Highways 156 and 157, Spring Mountains and the Toiyabe National Forest
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona and Nevada. Lake Mead and Lake Mohave (formed by the construction of the Davis Dam, also located on the Colorado River to the south of the Hoover Dam; completed 1953) and their shorelines together form the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
- Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip)
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
- Valley Of Fire State Park, Nevada
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