The Hoover Dam captures water from the Colorado River ... Lake Mead (the largest reservoir in the U.S. in terms of water capacity) and Lake Powell, remain far below their capacities because ...

Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through ... The Bureau of Reclamation opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded ...

and Lake Powell, remain far below their capacities due to drought conditions in the West. Low water levels due to drought are seen in the Hoover Dam reservoir of Lake Mead near Las Vegas ...

Las Vegas has now gone 212 days without rain, and all of Clark County is under either extreme or exceptional drought, but water levels at Lake Mead keep rising. Newsweek reached out to the National ...

THE completion, just announced, of the great concrete structure originally known as the Boulder Dam, but afterwards officially designated the Hoover Dam ... of an artificial lake, respectively ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

Then the giant dam holds firm, the largest man-made lake in the United States sprawling behind it. Hoover Dam is one of engineering’s greatest achievements – perhaps even the greatest.

Hoover Dam, on the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers tours and scenic views. Visitors can choose between two guided tours: the Power Plant Tour and the Dam Tour. Tours often sell out ...

the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United ...