VISITING HOOVER DAM IN NEVADA - ARIZONA

 

Hoover Dam is located in an almost deserted area, about 40 km away from Las Vegas on the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona. I was more than excited to visit the greatest “miracle” of engineering despite the extremely high temperatures of September.
 

It is one of the most popular tourist attractions – over a million people visit the dam each year to admire its gigantic construction.

 

Hoover Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada. Construction on the dam lasted almost five years and the outcome was the creation of the largest reservoir in the United States: Lake Mead. The reservoir serves water to more than four West Coast states. Apart from irrigation, Lake Mead assists on keeping Colorado River's floods under control while at the same time the dam's generators provide power to several states. 

Apart from being one of the greatest constructions in human history made with cutting-edge technology under the most difficult of circumstances which cost the lives of thousands of workers, it should also be mentioned that the construction took place during America's Great Depression period (1931-1936).

 

I was in awe not only by the breathtaking view but also by the fact that you could actually cross the border between Arizona and Nevada in just a few seconds by walking across the dam's bypass! 

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