The Bureau of Reclamation opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six Companies, a construction and engineering firm made up of some of ...

Remember when humans could build stuff? Like, "Hey, let's slam 4 million cubic yards of concrete between two canyon walls" ...

April 1, 1932. Bureau of Reclamation. Even under the best of conditions, dam building was tough, dangerous work. Those working on the construction of Hoover Dam had to contend with other factors ...

The dam’s construction will require people to be relocated ... dam in the form of one giant wall built to hold water behind it, like Three Gorges or the Hoover Dam. Instead, four 12.4-mile ...

Remains found by construction workers working on a highway project near the Hoover Dam in 2009 have been identified, Arizona ...

It will be the third longest in length, dwarfing the Hoover Dam and changing the lives of ... of states shifted funding to immediate building needs. Then, environmental concerns and interstate ...

The excursion is along the Colorado River's Black Canyon National Water Trail— crossing the widest single-arch concrete ...

Getty Images Designed by Gordon Kaufmann, the architect behind the Los Angeles Times building and the Hoover Dam, the H-shaped mansion spans roughly 37,000 square feet. Getty Images Hearst lived ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

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 ...