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Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge. Photo by Alexander Stephens, Reclamation.

Mr. Oscar J. W. Hansen was the sculptor who designed the Winged Figures of the Republic that sit on the marble pedestals on each side of the flagpole base at the west end of the Hoover Dam. The Winged Figures are just one of the extraordinary features located at Hoover Dam. Bureau of Reclamation photo by Andrew Pernick. http://on.doi.gov/4xhYiA

Test Flow at Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a concrete thick-arch structure, 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet long.  The dam contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete; total concrete in the dam and appurtenant works is 4.4 million cubic yards.  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a concrete thick-arch structure, 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet long.  The dam contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete; total concrete in the dam and appurtenant works is 4.4 million cubic yards.  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a concrete thick-arch structure, 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet long.  The dam contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete; total concrete in the dam and appurtenant works is 4.4 million cubic yards.  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Sunset at Lake Mead - Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada.  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Photo by Andrew Pernick, Bureau of Reclamation

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