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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 November 2024. Dam in Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, US For other uses, see Hoover Dam (disambiguation). "Boulder Dam" redirects here. For other uses, see Boulder Dam (disambiguation). Dam in Arizona, U.S. Hoover Dam Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941 Official name Hoover Dam Location ...
Hoover Dam, in Blendon Township, near Westerville, Ohio, dams the Big Walnut Creek to form the Hoover Memorial Reservoir. This reservoir is a major water source for the city of Columbus, Ohio . It holds 20.8 billion US gallons (79,000,000 m 3 ) of water and has a surface area of 3,272 acres (13.24 km 2 ), or about five square miles.
Following the opening of the lock and dam at Davis Island in 1885, the venture proved to be worthy. In 1910, the Rivers and Harbors Act was authorized by Congress . The Act allowed the production of a system of locks and dams along the Ohio.
Name State(s) Height Type River Coordinates Built ft m; Oroville Dam [1] CA 770.5 234.8 Embankment Feather River: 1968 Hoover Dam [2] AZ NV 726 221 Arch-gravity dam
Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935, less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed. [4] The area surrounding Lake Mead was protected as a bird refuge in 1933 [ 5 ] and later established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936 [ 6 ] and the name was changed to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 1947. [ 7 ]
It was announced that because of Hoover's passion towards the project, the dam would be named after him. As construction began in 1931, so did the Great Depression. Workers flocked to Boulder City ...
Just south of the Hoover Dam on the Nevada side of the canyon is the Sauna Cave. This cave was drilled by miners working on Hoover Dam while it was being constructed. It is a deep cave with calcium carbonate crystals on the walls. [2] At the end of the cave is a hot spring, which causes temperatures in the cave to reach 120 °F (49 °C).
The 2018 novel Lords of St. Thomas, by Jackson Ellis, tells the story of the last family to vacate the flooded town of St. Thomas in 1938, following construction of the Hoover Dam and creation of Lake Mead. [63] Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and the wrecked B-29 play a large role in the setting of the video game Fallout: New Vegas. [64]