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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's role in forming Lake Mead
Hoover Dam Lake Mead 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
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(Left) Eiffel Tower; (right) Washington Monument. Combo using assets (Eiffel Tower) 245552 and (Washington Monument) 245554.
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Hoover Dam: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Bureau of Reclamation - Hoover Dam. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Michigan Press - Architecture: The Hoover Dam (PDF). Apr 19, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Tennessee - Sevier County Extension Office - The Hoover Dam (PDF). Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: Water Education Foundation - Hoover Dam. Sep 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Institution of Civil Engineers - Hoover Dam. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum - The Hoover Dam. Aug 10, 2023
Added cross-references throughout. Jun 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Hoover Dam. May 20, 2023
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Nevada and Arizona: Hoover Dam. Sep 05, 2022
Media added. May 03, 2019
Add new Web site: United States History - Hoover Dam. Aug 10, 2018
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Watch Hoover Dam. Aug 02, 2018
Mentioned the fatalities that occurred during its construction. Oct 26, 2017
Media added. Oct 19, 2016
Media added. Aug 29, 2011
Added photograph. Aug 29, 2011
Photos of new bypass bridge added. Nov 09, 2010
Article updated to describe new bypass bridge. Nov 09, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - What If The Hoover Dam Broke? Dec 26, 2008
Media added. Dec 12, 2008
Media added. Sep 25, 2007
Added new Web site: PBS Online - Hoover Dam. Sep 25, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 03, 1999
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