Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam - a concrete arch gravity-type dam weighing more than 6.6 million tons that contains more than 25 million cubic yards of concrete. The dam was constructed in the mid-1930's with large interlocking blocks ranging from 25 to 60 feet square. It took five years to build the dam, power plant and other structures such as spillways, low level outlets and water conduits. Another 6.5 years were required to fill Lake Mead. Our visit this June afternoon saw the temperature reach 112 degrees. Inside the bowels of the structure, the damp coolness was a certain and welcome relief. This place is a fascinating study in American engineering - surmounting unbelievable odds - All to bring new prosperity and the water of life - then, and now to an entire region of our great nation.

A Thermometer at the Hoover Dam Visitor Center reads 111 degrees at noon-day. The Visitor Center provides information on the creation of the dam in the form or an audio-visual presentation and numerous exhibits, photographs and memorabilia.
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From the Visitor Center Observation Deck - Nevada Side. Hoover Dam
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There are 17 main turbines and two station-service units located in the U-shaped structure at the base of the dam. They produce between 2 and 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.
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Inside the Nevada side Generator House - Eight of the main turbines and station-service units are located here. The generators in total produce between 2 and 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. The incessant drone of the generators drown out all other sound. The interior space of the Generator House - cavernous and cool, was well kept, clean and very modern in appearance.
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One of many hallway/tunnels that transverse deep inside the dam. Even in the 1930's, Southwestern art influenced the designers of the Hoover Dam. Tens of thousands of square feet of polished terrazo stone flooring lines the floors inside the dam.
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Tourists peer from behind louvered grating - approximately 350 feet above the Generator house.
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The little details..., deep inside Hoover Dam.
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The Hoover Bridge Bypass - a 1,060 foot twin-rib concrete arch that bypasses US 93 - scheduled for completion in September of 2010. Planned to open to traffic in November.
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Self Portrait - Reflection - Nevada Side Elevator - Polished Brass Lobby Door Pull. On the Highway 93 deck, Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada
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An obvious observation...
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Two of the four reinforced-concrete intake towers above the dam—on each side of the canyon and consequently in different states—provide water to turn the power plant turbines. Nevada Side.
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Lake Mead side - still an obvious observation...
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One of two 30-foot tall bronze sculptures - "winged figures" - by Oskar Hansen symbolize "the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific achievement."
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One of two 30-foot tall bronze sculptures - "winged figures" - by Oskar Hansen symbolize "the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific achievement."
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Two 30-foot tall bronze sculptures - "winged figures" - by Oskar Hansen symbolize "the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific achievement."
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Contri Date: 8-10-10 // High Scaler Sculpture—by Steven Liguori, suspends in lifelike fashion just outside the High Scaler Cafe depicting a high scaler in the likeness of Joe Kine, one of the last surviving men to hold that job at Hoover Dam. High scalers hung hundreds of feet in the air on the side of the canyon knocking away loose rock and setting dynamite charges with a jackhammer. The workers lived in tents or shacks for as long as three years without clean water, toilets or protection from the extreme weather. 96 men died in accidents while building the dam. Several dozen more died from heat or carbon monoxide poisoning. Possibly hundreds of wives, children and others died from disease, polluted water or heat.
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