Construction on the $234-million Hoover Dam bypass bridge could be delayed for months because of an unlicensed ready-mix concrete supplier. The general contractor, a joint venture of Japanese firm ...

According to the Bureau of Reclamation, there is a enough concrete in the Hoover Dam, at 4.5 million cubic yards, to build a two-lane road from Seattle to Miami. The Hoover Dam is closed due to the ...

A visit to Hoover Dam, that iconic concrete giant straddling the Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers history, power and jaw-dropping views. Visitors can walk around the site and ...

Growing up, we got to play with all kinds of things in miniature. Cars, horses, little LEGO houses, the lot. What we didn’t get is a serious education with miniature-sized dams. This recreation of the ...

Around this time, 89 years ago, the Hoover Dam began supplying electricity to the city of Los Angeles.Finished in 1935 and located along the Nevada and Arizona state lines, the concrete arch structure ...

When construction was completed in 1936, the Hoover Dam was not only the world's largest concrete structure and the world's largest hydroelectric power-generating station; it was also the largest dam ...

On this day in history, July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Over the course of the next five years, more than 21,000 men would work tirelessly to produce what would become the largest ...