stop near the railing and take a quick look over the side. It`s a stomach-wrenching shock. The concrete parabola of the dam drops away so far and so fast that just looking at it pulls you with it ...

Laureen and I wandered along with the tour to visit the power plants that make Hoover Dam important to millions living in the Southwest. Over 7 million ... tons each.” Looking across the nearly ...

INSIDE HOOVER DAM — The floor rumbled under Mark Cook. His legs vibrated as he stood in a tunnel tucked into the thick base of Hoover Dam, 430 feet below the tourists looking out over Lake Mead.

Hoover Dam: Too Much of a Good Thing? The sprawling cities and suburbs of the American West would not exist as they do today without the Hoover Dam, author Michael Hiltzik says. But without the ...