Hoover Dam: Quick Facts

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Aerial view of Hoover Dam spanning the Colorado River between steep rocky cliffs in Black Canyon, with Lake Mead behind the dam and arid mountains surrounding the area.

Hoover Dam: intake towers

Hoover Dam: hydraulic turbines

Hoover Dam intake towers

Hoover Dam and (background) Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona border.

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead on the Colorado River, Arizona-Nevada, U.S. A bypass bridge (foreground; shown under construction) opened in 2010 to carry a federal highway across the Black Canyon just downstream of the dam.

Hoover Dam's role in forming Lake Mead

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