The cardboard is then be removed from the riverbed, with the steel structure remaining. It’s finally time to pour real concrete, with a foundation followed by the main pour into foam formwork.

A large explosion rocked the Hoover Dam during a tour of the facility early Tuesday, dramatic video shows.

Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live in the Nevada desert. These are men whi built the dam.

Video shared by a tourist at the Hoover Dam showed a fire and black smoke after what the woman claimed to be an explosion at the hydroelectric plant.

Going to the Hoover Dam? Here's some things to know when going to see the man-made wonder.

On June 6, 1933, workers began pouring concrete to build what would become the face of the dam. To move the concrete across the construction site, Chief Engineer Frank Crowe designed a network of ...

How much concrete was used to build it? It is estimated some 4.3 million cubic yards of concrete were used to build the dam, its power plant and other features.

Motorists should brace for travel impacts on Hoover Dam bridge next week. Daily lane closures on Interstate 11 northbound and southbound over the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge ...

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 ...

Hoover Dam is one of the tallest concrete dams in the U.S. at 726 feet (221 meters). Each of its 17 generators can supply electricity to 100,000 households.