Remember when humans could build stuff? Like, "Hey, let's slam 4 million cubic yards of concrete between two canyon walls" ...

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 ...

Even after 81 years, stubborn myths still cling to the colossal construction effort that built Hoover Dam. Despite what you may have heard, no workers are entombed in the concrete structure.

The Hoover Dam, located on the border of Nevada and Arizona in the United States, is famous worldwide for its unique features. The structure of the Hoover Dam is such that gravity does not exert its ...

People came from across the country to witness the construction of Hoover Dam. One worker's daughter compared the scene to a hill of ants. "It was just fantastic to watch... It was a monument task ...

The dam’s construction will require people to be relocated ... dam in the form of one giant wall built to hold water behind it, like Three Gorges or the Hoover Dam. Instead, four 12.4-mile ...

It will be the third longest in length, dwarfing the Hoover Dam and changing the lives of ... of states shifted funding to immediate building needs. Then, environmental concerns and interstate ...

Getty Images Designed by Gordon Kaufmann, the architect behind the Los Angeles Times building and the Hoover Dam, the H-shaped mansion spans roughly 37,000 square feet. Getty Images Hearst lived ...

It ended Mulholland’s storied career and informed the construction of the Hoover Dam, which was completed in 1936. According to David S. Peebles, acting heritage manager for the Angeles National ...