Bleak projections for Lake Mead show the nation’s largest reservoir dropping to a new low in less than a year and a half, and ...

The construction of Lake Mead, and Hoover Dam began in 1931, and finished in 1936. Before it was built, the land was scarcely visited by anyone because of its extreme temperatures and harsh landscape.

Like Boulder City, Lake Mead is another direct result of the Hoover Dam. The dam was built to control the water of the Colorado River and the lake provides storage of the diverted and blocked water.

your imagination and the tunnels themselves combine to help tell the origin stories of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. On the trail of history The Historic Railroad Trail, an easy hike that is ideal for ...

When full, Lake Mead can reach an elevation of 1,220 feet and hold 9.3 million gallons of water, NASA said. But the reservoir behind the Hoover Dam last reached full capacity in the summers of ...

Bored into the desert cliffs above Lake Mead lies a trail once vital to the building of Hoover Dam. The Historic Railroad Trail offers sweeping views, echoing tunnels, and a rare chance to walk ...

A photo shows the Hoover Dam, which forms Lake Mead in Nevada. A photo shows the Hoover Dam, which forms Lake Mead in Nevada. superjoseph/Getty If dead pool were reached, it would be a catastrophe.

The US’s largest water reservoir, Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam, is in very, very bad shape. How bad is it? New satellite images from NASA show just how much the reservoir’s footprint has shrunk ...

Before Lake Mead was a lake, it was simply a stretch of the Colorado River. Then the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation initiated the construction of the Hoover Dam, which was built between 1931 and 1935.