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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. 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 ...
In 1935, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO, later AASHTO) authorized a southward extension of U.S. Route 93 from its previous southern terminus in Glendale, Nevada to Kingman, Arizona via Las Vegas, Boulder City, and a crossing of the Colorado River on the newly-constructed Hoover Dam (then known as Boulder Dam).
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 ...
Upon its completion, Hoover Dam was further iconized in film, with many works of media using the dam to convey a sense of scale in their productions. Others focused on the dam's reputation as a great work of engineering. Following the massive cultural and economic expansion of Las Vegas, Hoover Dam became increasingly culturally tied to the ...
Video captures a transformer at the Hoover dam briefly catching fire. Officials say no one was injured and there was no risk to the power grid.
View from the west end of SR 172 looking eastbound with I-11/US 93/US 93 Bus. visible ahead in 2015 Westbound SR 172 in 2012. State Route 172 begins on Gold Strike Pass Road and Goldstrike Canyon Road, at an interchange with I-11/US 93/US 93 Bus. approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of downtown Boulder City.
Hoover Dam and bypass bridge near Boulder City, Nevada. Lake Mead, formed by the 726-foot (221 m)-high Hoover Dam about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest reservoir in the United States with a full capacity of 28,945,000 acre-feet (35.703 km 3) and a water surface of nearly 250 square miles (650 km 2). However, the ...
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]