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 ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot ...

A visit to Hoover ... Dam website. “A 40-minute guided Power Plant Tour and a 1-hour guided Dam Tour. Both tours begin with a 10-minute introductory film and include visits to the original ...

Set to be the world’s tallest dam at 729 ft, exceeding the then-record 417-ft Owyhee Dam in Oregon, the Hoover Dam was an ... during the five years of construction, with 112 deaths, including ...