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 ...

A year shy of its 90th anniversary, experts still marvel at the construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the most visited sites in the world.

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 ...

The start of construction on Hoover ... in charge of a white work crew. Under mounting pressure, Six Companies’ president W.A. Bechtel promised an increase in the number of black workers hired.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...