Construction of the Hoover Dam, on the Nevada-Arizona border, began on this day in history, July 7, 1930. It covers over 220 acres and is a National Historic Landmark. Fox News Media ...

First called Boulder Dam, the big dam helped create energy, distribute water through the Southwest. Some want to get rid of dams on the Colorado River. Read more.

Visits to Hoover Dam have increased since the new O'Callaghan-Tillman Bridge over the Colorado River was opened in mid-October, a federal official said this week. RJ ESPAÑOL VIEW E-EDITION 99 ...

Wonderopolis "Wonder of the Day" focuses on the Hoover Dam and the power of water. Sep 18, 2015 Sep 18, 2015 ... Hoover Dam represents an engineering feat that some believed couldn't happen.

Yes, Hoover Dam tours can fill up and sell out, ... Visitor center hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day). Doors close at 4:15 p.m.

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 ...

The Hoover Dam was dedicated 80 years ago, on Sept. 30, 1935. ... Sure enough, when President Roosevelt dedicated the nearly completed dam on this day, Sept. 30, in 1935, ...