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.

First called Boulder Dam, the big dam helped create energy, distribute water through the Southwest. Some want to get rid of ...

Some Hoover Dam workers were paid well for their time; others, not so much. The highest hourly wage was probably equivalent to an annual salary today of about $75,000.

A feat of modern civil engineering, Hoover Dam has stood tall and brought billions of visitors to Las Vegas since it was constructed in the 1930s. But one of the lesser known facts about it is ...

America’s inability to build is a problem for Donald Trump. Although he has again delayed levying “reciprocal” tariffs until ...

A year shy of its 90th anniversary, experts still marvel at the construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the most visited sites in the world.

Hoover Dam’s newly renovated visitor center transports guests back to the Great Depression and into the lives of the people who built what was then the world’s tallest dam.

The construction of Lake Mead, and Hoover Dam began in 1931, and finished in 1936. Before it was built, the land was scarcely visited by anyone because of its extreme temperatures and harsh landscape.

In Black Canyon, under the Boulder Canyon Project Act, it shall be called the Hoover Dam.” Hoover was Wilbur’s boss and the current president of the United States, Herbert Hoover.