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Construction Period: April 20, 1931-March 1, 1936 |
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Construction cost: $49 million ($736 million adjusted for inflation from 1936 to 2008) |
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Inside Hoover Dam |
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Hydroelectric generators |
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Traffic acorss the dam: Commercial vehical traffic across dam is restricted. Semi-trailers, buses carrying luggage, and enclosed box trucks are prohibited from crossing the road atop the dam. Cars will be searched at random or if there is reasonable suspicion by the Dam Police. |
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Dam Height: 726.4 ft, second highest dam in the United States / Dam Length: 1,244 ft |
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Dam Thickness: 660 ft at its base; 45 ft thick at its crest |
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Hoover Dam Bypass & bridge is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2010. Once opened, the road atop the dam will no longer be a direct route between Nevada & Arizona. |
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One of two "Winged Figures of the Repulic" by Oskar J. W. Hansen |
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If you rub the feet of the statue, you'll have good luck for the day. |
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High Scaler Joe Kine - The man depicted on this monument is preforming one of the most dangerous, yet essential jobs in the construction of the (Boulder) Hoover Dam, sitting in Bosun's chair, hundreds of feet in the air, his job was to set charges and clear the loose rock from the face of the canyon walls. |
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This monument is dedicated to all of the men who labored to build Hoover Dam. 98 of whom lost their lives during various phases of the project. |
