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Congress renamed the dam after President Herbert Hoover in 1947. Look back at the process in photos. Skip to content. ... 1934. The intersection of the inclined tunnel from the intake tower (above ...
This photo taken on July 12, 2022, shows the Hoover Dam water intake towers at Lake Mead, the country's largest man-made water reservoir, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the ...
A view of water intake towers at the Hoover Dam on Aug. 19, 2022, in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ...
This was done for the sites of the four water intake towers, the downstream powerhouse, as well as the main dam abutments. Abutment excavation took a year and completed in mid-1933.
Hoover Dam's water-intake towers rise 395 feet in the air. Through these towers flows the water that operates the dam's huge generators. The dam generates, on average, ...
A feat of modern civil engineering, Hoover Dam has stood tall and brought billions of visitors to Las Vegas since it was ...
The Hoover Dam water intake towers at Lake Mead, the country's largest manmade water reservoir, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern U.S., as seen in July 2022 near Boulder ...
Water intake towers at the Hoover Dam stands next to a bleached "bathtub ring" on the banks of Lake Mead on Aug. 19, 2022 in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona.
Hoover Dam's water-intake towers rise 395 feet in the air. Through these towers flows the water that operates the dam's huge generators. The dam generates, on average, ...