On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam, originally called the Boulder Dam, began in Black Canyon on the Colorado River on the border of Nevada and Arizona. The massive construction that ...

Photos from the UNLV Libraries Special Collections & Archives shows the water overflow from the Arizona side of the Hoover Dam in August 1983. A flood that summer sent record flows into Lake Mead.

New Hoover Dam Air Tour: From Papillon Airways. The company launched the "flightseeing" tour in May, and just announced that it is incorporating a new ground walkaround, too.

The Hoover Dam event, which was open to the public, lasted from 8:30 to 10:30 on Thursday night. To see more pictures of the event, find the hashtag #ShowYourLUNGFORCE on social media (Twitter ...

Hoover Dam Security in Pictures. by Senior Editor. Hoover Dam Security in Pictures. News. Oct 26, 2009 2 mins. ... Hydro-electric generators at the Hoover Dam. Down Below, Where Tourists Don’t Go.

The reservoir created by Hoover Dam, an engineering marvel that symbolized the American ascendance of the 20th Century, has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the extreme ...