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 ...

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 ...

Hoover Dam is one of engineering’s greatest achievements – perhaps even the greatest. When construction began in 1931, no dam on this scale had ever been attempted. Hoover Dam is 221 metres ...

Hoover Dam, in addition to being ... was held to choose a designer of a monument commemorating the dam’s construction. Oskar J.W. Hansen, who had designed the ornamental elevator tower panels ...

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 ...