Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed ... The 726-foot-high arch-gravity dam stretches 1,244 feet across the Black Canyon and was built over five years starting ...

and the rugged landscape of Black Canyon. These tours are ideal for photographers or anyone seeking a bird’s-eye view of the area. The Hoover Dam is more than just a feat of engineering ...

High Scalers drill into the canyon wall 500 feet above the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site. April 1, 1932. Bureau of Reclamation. Even under the best of conditions ...

From outside, this vast construction is about size, scale and spectacle. Once inside, it becomes more about appreciating how ...

but afterwards officially designated the Hoover Dam, across the Colorado River in Black Canyon, which forms the boundary between the States of Arizona and Nevada, at a point about twenty-five ...

In Black Canyon, under the Boulder Canyon Project Act, it shall be called the Hoover Dam.” Those who were convinced that Hoover’s inaction had worsened the Depression scoffed at what they saw ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed ... The 726-foot-high arch-gravity dam stretches 1,244 feet across the Black Canyon and was built over five years starting ...

Everything to know about seeing Hoover Dam, including the security checkpoint, whether there's a lot of walking and how to get dam-tour tickets.

Nearby marvels like the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon make excellent ... During the excursion, you'll paddle 4 miles of the Colorado River into Black Canyon. Along the way, you'll spot wildlife ...

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 ...

From the top of Hoover Dam, the Colorado River looks suitably tamed. Famed for its whitewater tumult upstream, the Colorado is funnelled between the stark, towering walls of Black Canyon.