Wilmington Recreation has Bruins tickets for sale Sep 25, 2009
The tour company will offer an optional meal and show package plus optional tours to the Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and an evening neon tour. Cost is $545 per person double occupancy. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Where the sun only rises Sep 17, 2009
If we want to launch a solar industry here, big-time, we need to offer the kind of long-term certainty that Germany does or impose the national requirement on our utilities to generate solar power as China does or have the government build giant solar farms, the way it built the Hoover Dam, and sell the electricity. 1. (Albany Times Union)
Planners sketch out new interstate to Las Vegas Sep 15, 2009
A critical Hoover Dam bypass bridge is set to open next year, removing a chokepoint on U.S. 93. ADOT has widened large stretches of the route into a four-lane divided highway, enough to meet federal interstate standards. (AZCentral -- News)
The One Thing Sep 12, 2009
The Hoover Dam, a 1,200-foot long and 700-foot tall concrete dam in the middle of nowhere, was started in 1931 and finished just five years later. Over 100 people died building it. (Fox News)
September 11, 1936 Sep 11, 2009
This Day in Arizona History. 02:03 AM MST on Friday, September 11, 2009. (FOX 11, AZ)
Introduction to Historical Markers ... Sep 9, 2009
(If you go to the Hoover Dam, you'll find several plaques in both Arizona and ). Local Historical Marker and Landmark Systems in Arizona. (Suite101.com)
No construction closures over Labor Day weekend Sep 5, 2009
Drivers with plans to drive to and from Las Vegas should allow extra travel time due to traditionally heavy traffic at Hoover Dam. ADOT and law enforcement agencies throughout the state are asking drivers and passengers to buckle up and observe the following safe driving tips. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
With Labor Day weekend around the corner, are you ready for the road? Sep 4, 2009
Although there will be no lane restrictions, motorists traveling on Highway 93 to Las Vegas should expect heavy holiday traffic crossing the Hoover Dam Bridge. The busiest times at Hoover Dam, including spring break, are the summer months from Memorial Day until Labor Day. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Vegas paper not intimidated by Dem Leader threat... Aug 31, 2009
We chronicled the construction of Hoover Dam. We reported on the first day of legalized gambling. (The Drudge Report)
Recession grinds at an iconic Western hotel Aug 30, 2009
Take its throwback downtown near Hoover Dam and a sense of history so deep that residents often rattle off dates: 1931, dam construction begins; 1935, construction ends. Local laws have banned casinos, curbed the number of bars, and slowed growth to the pace of a Mojave Desert tortoise. (Boston Globe)
Can you name some of 100 wow places on Earth? Aug 29, 2009
But nominated among the best places in the U.S. are Moody Gardens in Galveston, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, Hoover Dam near Nevada, Niagara Falls in New York, and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. I wonder what would be on a list of the 100 Best Places to Stand in the Teche Area, or Louisiana. (New Iberia, LA)
Vegas on a Shoestring Aug 27, 2009
Sightseeing/touring in and outside of Las Vegas (Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, etc ... A drive to the Grand Canyon or Hoover Dam is a nice day trip from Las Vegas. (Suite101.com)
Las Vegas in 5... Aug 27, 2009
offers visitors the ability to drive the desolate, but scenic road from the Hoover Dam to the base of Grand Canyon West. There, friendly guides will shuttle you up to the rim to the Grand Canyon Skywalk a horseshoe-shaped glass bridge suspended 4,000 feet above the canyon floor. (Fox News)
Kids learn Legos are more than toys Aug 23, 2009
"I just built Hoover Dam," said Patrick Worley, 9, an Ahwatukee resident who attends Horizon. "I used Lego plates to make the water at different levels.". (AZCentral -- News)
Temple Bar Marina at Lake Mead. Aug 22, 2009
The lake was named after Elwood Mead, the commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation during the planning and construction of Hoover Dam, which was completed in 1935. Superlatives abound when describing Lake Mead - it is the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, with more than 500 miles of shoreline. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Obama, Congressional Dems Near Clash Aug 21, 2009
it is like putting a band-aid over a major break in the Hoover Dam. He can provide coverage for everyone without forcing employers to participate, without cutting deals with Pharmas, without catering to the AMA, Labor Unions or the AARP. The US health care system SUCKS, it does not need a band-aid. (CBS News)
Fun Day Trips From Las Vegas Aug 20, 2009
Visiting Hoover Dam From Las Vegas. Known as one of America's Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders, Hoover Dam is located about 30 miles southeast of Vegas on Highway 93 ... Located by Hoover Dam is the beautiful Lake Mead. (Suite101.com)
Visit Las Vegas with Wilmington Recreation Aug 18, 2009
To round out the trip, the tour company will offer an optional meal/show package plus optional tours to the Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and an evening Neon Tour of Las Vegas. The cost is $545 per person double occupancy. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
The Places He Goes ... Aug 18, 2009
Ecuador, the Grand Canyon, Belize, Grand Cayman Islands, Acapulco, St. Louis, Virginia, Hoover Dam, Hollywood, Indianapolis, North Carolina, Tennessee, Okinawa, Daytona Beach, Connecticut, the Caribbean islands and even Israel ... This ones been to Chesapeake Bay, Hollywood, the Hoover Dam. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
BLM studying land transfer for heliport near Vegas Aug 11, 2009
Planners and proponents say it will divert daily helicopter traffic for aerial tours to the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and other sites away from McCarran, the nation's seventh-busiest passenger airport. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Scenic drive: North from Kingman Aug 11, 2009
Seeking to capitalize on the surge of traffic expected from Kingman to the recently completed Hoover Dam, Talbott and her husband opened Santa Claus, a whimsical North Pole village consisting of the Christmas Tree Inn and a gourmet restaurant festooned with Christmas decorations ... The village was created in the late 1930s to take advantage of the traffic going from Kingman to see the recently completed Hoover Dam. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Critic’s corner Aug 10, 2009
The contestants encounter Penn, Teller, and the Hoover dam. The Secret Life of the American Teenager 8 p.m., ABC Family. (Boston Globe)
Top 10 overlooked stunning buildings Aug 8, 2009
As beautiful inside as out, Hoover Dam's terrazzo floors, patterned after Native American motifs are not to be missed ... The Hoover Dam; Southwestern U.S.A marvel of modern engineering, this Depression-era structure is most often noted for its sleek Art Deco lines and understated simplicity. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Hoover marvel Aug 7, 2009
Bridge rises in shadow of Hoover Dam ... A multi-million dollar project that involves building one of the largest concrete arch bridges in the world, in the shadow of the Hoover Dam will reach a major milestone in the next few weeks ... Aerial view of the Hoover Dam under construction. (BBC News -- Americas)
Hoover Dam bypass bridge milestone near Aug 2, 2009
LAS VEGAS - Workers are nearing a milestone in construction of a Hoover Dam bypass bridge connecting Nevada and Arizona. Builders say that when it is completed late next year, the span high above the Colorado River will be the longest concrete arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere. (AZCentral -- News)
Painted Lady at Bill Williams Refuge. | Jul 29, 2009
In 1935, Hoover Dam was built, followed by several smaller dams in the ensuing decades. As the river backed up into a series of lakes, the riparian ecosystem vanished rapidly. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Why should you see America first? Ask Kitty Jul 28, 2009
Ethan Miller / Getty ImagesHoover Dam was a highlight of Kittys 1969 cross-country trek ... I could tell you about floating in the Great Salt Lake; about Death Valley temperatures that made the car overheat whenever we turned on the air conditioning; about Rainbow Bridge National Park, where I got thirstier than I can ever remember being before or since; about the miracle of nature that is the Grand Canyon, and the colossus of human artifice that is Hoover Dam. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Colorado River water at risk to warming Jul 23, 2009
A 10-year drought along the Colorado River system has left "bathtub rings" like this one on Lake Mead onthe upstream side of the Hoover Dam. . (MSNBC -- Environment)
Robin Recommends Jul 23, 2009
As you approach Hoover Dam, you will be overcome by the power and beauty. Details: Hoover Dam is on U.S. 93 about 70 miles north of Kingman. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Invasive Mussels Imperil Western Water System Jul 20, 2009
At Hoover Dam, mussels first colonized intake towers and other structures. What started off as one or two mussels every square foot has increased to 55,000 mussels in the same space, said Leonard Willett, the lower Colorado River mussel coordinator for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. (Newsmax)
Hoover Dam bypass bridge an epic marvel Jul 17, 2009
A quarter-mile downstream from Hoover Dam, two fingers of concrete stretch toward each other from sheer cliffs, suspended nearly 900 feet above the Colorado River ... The union will mark a major milestone in the nine-year construction of the Hoover Dam bypass bridge, scheduled to open in late 2010 ... The bridge is intended to replace the road atop the Depression-era Hoover Dam as the main route between Phoenix and Las Vegas. (AZCentral -- News)
Stirling engine solar dish farms also seek to restart Detroit Jul 15, 2009
DoE estimates that an 11-square-mile farm of Stirling solar dish farm coud generate as much electricity as the Hoover Dam. If successful, the solar farms could begin spreading across the Sun Belt to reduce U.S. dependence on our current fossil-fuel based electricity generating infrastructure. (EETimes)
Today in History Jul 7, 2009
In 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam). In 1948, six female reservists became the first women to be sworn into the regular U.S. Navy. (Yahoo News)
China Testing Mac Version of Green Dam Web Filter Jul 6, 2009
Express tours or all day fun at the Hoover Dam. Group rates. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
MORE: Statue of Liberty gets her view back Jul 3, 2009
Since 9/11, trucks have been banned from the two-lane road over the Hoover Dam, forcing a long detour to the south. Next year a new bridge over the Colorado River will open just downstream, carrying all vehicular traffic and bypassing the narrow, winding and frequently jammed road leading across the dam. (USA Today -- Money)
Construction near Hoover Dam halted over July 4 Jul 1, 2009
The Arizona Department of Transportation says road construction around Hoover Dam will be halted over the July 4 holiday weekend along U.S. 93. ADOT says that due to an increase in holiday traffic, motorists should be ready for lengthy delays while trying to cross Hoover Dam into Nevada ... When completed, U.S. 93 will be a four-lane divided highway, which will connect to the Arizona approach of the Hoover Dam Bypass. (AZCentral -- News)
New Laws Take Effect Jun 28, 2009
-- SB339 requires Nevada's Colorado River Commission to conduct a feasibility study to explore the use of hydrokinetic power from the Hoover Dam. The goal of the bill is to look into the widest range of renewable energy technologies possible. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Street Date: Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg Jun 25, 2009
Railroad Avenue (at East Fifth Street): An ode to steelworkers, this sculpture by Frank Vitale commemorates those who labored in intense heat at the Columbia Geneva Steel Co. to make the steel used in projects such as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Hoover Dam. 3. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Area firm snags federal security contract Jun 25, 2009
Local firm snags Hoover Dam security contract - Business First of Columbus ... Local firm snags Hoover Dam security contract ... 9 million federal contract to provide services at Hoover Dam. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Latest Homestake milestone is on a path to great things Jun 24, 2009
We think of great infrastructure projects like the Hoover Dam or the Panama Canal. To be truthful, no one knows what kinds of discoveries will be made at the Homestake Lab. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Construction underway to add 2 lanes to U.S. 93 Jun 17, 2009
The additional lanes will help create a four-lane highway from the Hoover Dam to milepost 17. According to an ADOT traffic alert. (AZCentral -- News)
Peter Costa: Shocked by energy usage Jun 17, 2009
My power tools devour enough kilowatts to keep Hoover Dam in business. In addition, I deploy a number of electrically powered yard-work tools, including a leaf blower and an electric chain saw. (Medfield Press, MA)
U.S. issues landmark climate report Jun 17, 2009
Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam saw severe drought in 2006, evidenced by the bathtub ring showing earlier waterlevels. A recent study said Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona and Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah two of the largest manmade reservoirs in the country and key water sources for Southwestern states could go dry by 2020. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Baja's tourism pros say 'Come on down' Jun 16, 2009
In first place is Hoover Dam. California has one in the top 10, the General Sherman Tree at Sequoia National Park. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Lake Mead water level will be trigger for pipeline Jun 6, 2009
If the surface elevation of the reservoir behind Hoover Dam falls another 21 feet, the water authority board in Las Vegas will be asked to give the go-ahead to construct the pipeline. Declaring an action point is the newest addition to the authority's Water Resource Plan, which plots how the Las Vegas area's wholesale water supplier expects to keep taps running amid unprecedented drought on the Colorado. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Yes to Energy Freedom - No to Cap-and-Trade Jun 2, 2009
While most eyes glaze over in discussions of gigawatts and zillions of dollars, many have seen or read about Hoover Dam -- the great engineering miracle that harvests energy from the Colorado River. Hoover Dam is still considered so important that it is now hidden behind homeland security precautions so rigorous that public photographs of the dam are forbidden, lest terrorists plot its destruction ... Today, the three-reactor Palo Verde nuclear power station near Phoenix, Arizona produces six... (Human Events Online)
Nevada lawmakers advance many bills as session end nears May 20, 2009
The Assembly passed SB339, requiring Nevada's Colorado River Commission to conduct a feasibility study to explore the use of hydrokinetic power from the Hoover Dam. The goal of the bill is to look into the widest range of renewable energy technologies possible. (KLAS-TV)
Hooversville resident to compete in national table tennis tournament May 17, 2009
Bloom will participate in the Bud Light HardBat Classic, a pingpong tournament where players across the U.S. compete at the chance for the grand prize of 100,000 (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Poll: Fewer Americans vacationing this summer May 12, 2009
Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and even Area 51 tours. Vacation Trip Deals. (Yahoo News)
Megan McArdle May 9, 2009
Electric power for locals = Tennessee Valley Authority, Grand Coulee Dam, Hoover Dam. Plenty of government involvement. (Slate)
Colorado River rapid rises as Lake Mead shrinks May 9, 2009
But instead of obediently returning to its historic channel, the river has carved a new course through the thick layer of silt that began collecting when Hoover Dam was finished in 1935. Just downstream from the old Pearce Ferry boat ramp, that new channel "runs right smack into a wall and turns," Grisham said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Cheney to Republicans: 'It would be a mistake for us to moderate'... May 8, 2009
It is how we built the Hoover Dam. Indeed, the opposite of Government is not freedom, it is anarchy. (The Drudge Report)
Top 10 Hotels for Nature Lovers May 8, 2009
From the east parking lot, descend the path and veer right to see the five tunnels on the Historic Railroad Trail, which once conveyed construction materials to Hoover Dam. The 2. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Hoover Dam tours halted for elevator repair May 3, 2009
LAS VEGAS - Tours inside Hoover Dam have been temporarily suspended while repairs are made to the elevator that carries visitors down into the structure. The Bureau of Reclamation says the tours will be canceled through the weekend and are expected resume Monday morning. (AZCentral -- News)
The Struts blend vintage R&B with fiery punk May 1, 2009
It is definitely more than battery, possibly steam, but probably there is an energy source coming directly from the Hoover Dam. This is high-voltage stuff. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Report: Deal Reached On Chrysler Debt Apr 29, 2009
For what the goverment is spending on these automakers they could have created the equivilent of a Hoover Dam project and put more unemployed people to work than would be lost if the automakers went out of business. This is called spending good money after bad. (CBS News)
Nancy Franklin: Amy Poehler gets her own sitcom. Apr 28, 2009
Leslie s big issue, her baby, is an abandoned construction pit that she wants to fill in and turn into a park This could be my Hoover Dam but it may be that for Parks and Recreation the pit is only going to get deeper. ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT RISKO Share. (New Yorker)
Climate Change Means Shortfalls In Colorado River Water Deliveries Apr 28, 2009
The analysis follows a 2008 study in which Barnett and Pierce found that Lake Mead, the reservoir on the Colorado River created by Hoover Dam, stood a 50-percent chance of going dry in the next 20 years if the climate changed and no effort was made to preserve a minimum amount of water in the reservoir ... Scheduled deliveries of water from Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, could be missed 60 to 90 percent of the time by midcentury if human-caused climate change continues to make the region... (Science Daily)
A little matter of bipartisan quid pro quo Apr 28, 2009
Kyl, a smooth operator, says he only requests money for good projects such as a Hoover Dam bypass bridge. Is this another bridge over troubled waters. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
US Sen. Ensign speaks at Nevada Legislature Apr 18, 2009
The construction of Hoover Dam in 1931 pumped millions of dollars into the local economy. That year we also ended the ban on gambling-a major boost to the economy. (KRNV.com, NV)
Amy Poehler leaves sketch TV of 'SNL' behind for role in new show from 'Office' team Apr 9, 2009
"This could be my Hoover Dam," says Leslie Knope, as a glorious future - maybe even the US presidency. - twinkles in her eye. (Boston Globe)
'Parks' is like a bad day at 'The Office,' even with likable Poehler Apr 9, 2009
But Leslie is unstoppable: "The chance to build a whole new park from scratch? This could be my Hoover Dam.". And there's the problem. (USA Today -- Life)
Time to Think Hydropower Apr 9, 2009
Many people are, because they still think of hydropower only on a scale of the giant Hoover Dam. The fact is, new technologies are creating ways to generate electricity in all kinds of waterways. (Scientific American)
Stimulus sends security cash to Arizona Apr 9, 2009
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix and Hoover Dam at the Nevada border, however, have received terrorist threats in the past. There also are concerns about possible links between Mexican drug cartels and anti-American terrorist groups looking to enter the U.S.. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Construction Giant Bechtel Sues Alleged Copycat Apr 8, 2009
Counting among its accomplishments Hoover Dam and San Francisco's BART transit system, Bechtel has been around awhile -- since 1898 according to its Web site. The company has held a registered trademark for its name since "at least as early as 1925," according to the complaint. (Law.com)
