Lake Mead is named for the man who oversaw the construction of the Hoover Dam and was a trailblazing pioneer of water ...

Hoover Dam, in addition to being ... to design the distinctive floor patterns and color schemes that adorn the interior of the powerhouse. A competition, under Kaufmann’s supervision, was ...

THE completion, just announced, of the great concrete structure originally known as the Boulder Dam, but afterwards officially designated the Hoover Dam, across the Colorado River in Black Canyon ...

Considering both traveler sentiment and expert input, U.S. News selected the following as the best Hoover Dam tours ... across the top of the dam, the chance to see interior generators and learn ...

When Frankln Roosevelt appointed Harold Ickes to replace Ray Wilbur as Secretary of the Interior ... he decided the dam should no longer bear the name of former President Hoover.

The new report from nonprofit group Tell The Dam Truth estimates the full lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by Glen Canyon and Hoover dams are equal to the average yearly emissions from ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines ...