Hoover Dam works because it holds the Colorado River hundreds of feet above the channel downstream. That elevation difference ...

This video showcases the construction of a mini hydroelectric dam as part of a science project. It highlights the ...

When the dam was officially dedicated on September 30, 1935, the colossal project on the Southern Nevada portion of the Colorado river had been called by several different names.

Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades ago, Laureen and I visited the Hoover Dam with our very young children. We revisited that trip recently, and none of it ...

When you look at a photo of Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada, a massive concrete wall sits nestled in Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visit to Hoover Dam, that iconic concrete giant straddling the Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers ...

If you're deciding on things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic ...

The Hoover Dam, as seen from the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, April 2022. Back in the fall of 2020, I had planned a trip to the Hoover Dam, a structure in the southwestern U.S. that I ...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that were quickly ...