Visit Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam attracts more than eight million visitors per year. The dam, built between the years 1931 and 1936, was the largest structure of this type of construction. The dam was by the BBC in 2009, featured as one of the seven wonders of the industrial world. The dam is now over seventy. Although not even in the top 30 of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world, remains an impressive site as a masterpiece of technology, and a great area to exploreVisitors.

The Hoover Dam is thirty miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the border between Nevada and Arizona. The dam impounds the Colorado River forms Lake Mead, the largest reserves in the United States. Part of the popularity of the dam is due to its location in Las Vegas, one of the most visited cities in the United States, the statement as "Entertainment Capital of the World."

The Hoover Dam offers a variety of excursions for the visitors. Taking AVisit the dam is a fascinating educational way to one of the largest and most famous dams in the country to explore. The dam has a visitor center, the many interesting exhibits and a video of 25 minutes on the history of the dam. Visitors can also offers tickets for a tour of the engine, the water, millions of California, Nevada and Arizona residents and businesses. Visitors on the tour get spill in the dam passage.

Vacuum cleanerDam is situated at an altitude of about 1,250 meters. The dam at summer temperatures normally exceed 105 degrees. The temperatures are still warmer below the dam on the Colorado River in Black Canyon, because it is less than about 600 meters above sea level. Visitors should take precautions to avoid excessive heat and drink plenty of fluids to avoid. Winter temperatures are usually high dam near 60 degrees with low temperatures near 40 degrees.