The force of the falling water spins the turbines ... Learning about the inner workings of the Hoover Dam gives you a deeper ...

The Colorado River was a fault line of near-tectonic political forces by the 1920s, as the seven states within its basin ...

The structure of the Hoover Dam is such that gravity does not exert its force on objects here. There is a simple rule in science that if something is dropped from above, it falls down due to the ...

“The force of the water funneling through the spillways ... “We’re getting all the beach bums,” L.A. Jacobsen, chief of police at Hoover Dam, told the RJ. “We had a wet T-shirt contest ...

Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead ... and also perform better with a higher tolerance when hydraulic force falls.

Bureau of Reclamation Security Response Force officers Ryan Nielsen ... rangers were all honored with an award ceremony at the Hoover Dam Spillway House. "This award is not only a great testament ...

Fire from a Tuesday morning transformer explosion at the Hoover Dam was quickly extinguished, caused no injuries and is not a threat to the power grid, according to the Bureau of Reclamation's ...

If the situation continues, the millions of Americans receiving water and electricity from the Hoover Dam could be affected. The Colorado River feeds two reservoirs––Lake Mead and Lake Powell ...

A fire broke out at the Hoover Dam on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time when a transformer caught fire, sending plumes of black smoke into the air, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.

An explosion at the Hoover Dam has prompted an emergency response from a Nevada fire crew, authorities said Tuesday morning. “We have a crew on the way where we have a report of a fire,” said ...

July 19 (Reuters) - A transformer caught fire at Nevada's Hoover Dam on Tuesday and was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade without any injuries or interruption to the power grid, the U.S ...