Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...

Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through the Grand Canyon and down the length of the Colorado River ... the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant.

The world's biggest dam at the time of its construction, Hoover Dam solved the problem of the overflowing Colorado river with sleek design and brilliant American engineering. The Corning Museum of ...

Peter McBride From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River channels water south ... 110 miles long and formed by the Hoover Dam. But at the lake’s edge they can see lines ...

Water recycling can lessen the burden on the Colorado River Basin, but just 26% of treated municipal wastewater is reused ...

The Bureau of Reclamation — the federal agency tasked with managing America’s largest dams, including Hoover and Glen Canyon on the Colorado River — is facing as much ... protect critical staff who ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines ...

Take in views of Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and the Colorado River on this small-group tour ... you'll enjoy 360-degree views from the observation deck before descending to the Power Plant.