Took another trip to the Hoover Dam - this time to take a tour of the facility 500 ft down to the turbine hall. $30 for a 1 hour tour.
The bridge is a new addition to take all the through-traffic off the Dam road.
To take this picture I had one foot in Arizona and the other in Nevada - two different time zones!!
This is the Arizona turbine hall - 2 500MW total output.
The dam is used as a water control rather than power generation.
The Colorado river never reaches the sea as there is no mouth to the river. All the water is used up prior to reaching the Pacific.
This picture is taken from a vent in the dam wall.
The memorial to those who built the Dam.
This is the first man made object I have seen on this trip that is not just a facade. It was designed with tourists in mind and with money no object.
It is a fantastic piece of civil engineeering and a real wonder.
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