Many people know the Hoover Dam is an iconic piece of history, but some do not know there is an operating hydroelectric plant that supplies power to Arizona, California and Nevada.. More than 500 ...

$3 billion project hopes to turn Hoover Dam into giant battery system 03:46 Hoover Dam is one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. Built during the Great Depression, it was the ...

Power production at Hoover Dam is down about 33% and will continue to drop as the “megadrought” affecting the Southwest continues, according to a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokesman.

The iconic dam, completed in 1935, provides hydropower serving up to 1.3m people across Nevada, Arizona, and California.. Power grid still working after transformer fire at Hoover Dam: US Bureau ...

The fire at the dam's A5 transformer started around 10 a.m. local time (1700 GMT) and was put out by the Reclamation/Hoover fire brigade within half an hour, the bureau said. "There are no ...

The Dam Tour includes the Power Plant tour, a visit to Art Deco features, concrete inspection tunnels and an exit via the historic elevator. "All tour tickets also give visitors access to the ...

We talked to Lane Whitlow, Hoover Dam tour operations manager. “Our guided tours offer an educational, informative and entertaining experience into the Hoover Dam, power plant and penstock tunnels.

A tourist at the Hoover Dam shared video Tuesday showing a small explosion and black smoke. "My goodness, something's just blown up," a woman is heard saying in the video first shared by Kristy ...

Building work began in 1931, with the dam and power plant completed in 1936. The dam measures 726.4 ft in height above bedrock, the size of a 60-storey building. The base of the dam is 660ft thick ...

Hoover Dam reservoir at record low water levels, raising concerns about hydroelectric power bound for SoCal by: Chip Yost , Kristine de Leon Posted: Jul 2, 2021 / 04:41 PM PDT ...