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 ...

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...

"Given that it was built during the Depression, I consider it a modern miracle." The Hoover Dam captures water from the Colorado River and fills Lake Mead. The dam also generates enough energy ...

The solar array isn’t the only plan China has for space research—it also plans to reach the Moon and build an International ...

The hotel continues to host overnight guests and houses the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum as well as art galleries. Up next on the walking tour is the Los Angeles Water and Power Building on ...

Hoover Dam is one of engineering’s greatest achievements ... how the city of Boulder, Nevada, was built to accommodate the workforce. The next stop is one of the two power plants – there ...