LAS VEGAS REVISTED
STEVIE ON THE TOP OF THE RIO HOTEL
Steve and Debs [our Vegas experts] headed back to the States this June .
This time they hired a car and headed out to the desert to see the Hoover dam.
HOOVER DAM
Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1935, it was both the world's largest electric power producing facility and the world's largest concrete structure. It was surpassed in both respects by the Grand Coulee Dam in 1945. It is currently the world's 34th largest hydroelectric generating station.
The dam, located 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, is named after Herbert Hoover, who played an instrumental role in its construction, first as Secretary of Commerce and then later as President of the United States. Construction began in 1931 and was completed in 1935, more than two years ahead of schedule. The dam and the power plant are operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Hoover Dam was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[1][4]
Lake Mead is the reservoir created behind the dam, named after Elwood Mead, who oversaw the construction of the dam.
The constuction of the new bridge over Hoover gorge.STEVIE IN BOULDER CITY
THE LIGHTS OF VEGAS