Hoover Dam Intake Towers
by Janette Boyd
Title
Hoover Dam Intake Towers
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Photo of the Intake Towers of the Hoover Dam.
Hoover Dam, 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, on the Colorado River, is a massive arch-gravity type dam constructed between 1931 and 1935. Built for flood control, water supply, irrigation and power, the 247 square-mile reservoir Lake Mead backs up behind the dam. The lake extends 110 miles upstream to the Grand Canyon. Hoover Dam also straddles the border between Arizona and Nevada.
The four intake towers rise above the lake and dam. Made of reinforced concrete, the towers are 395 feet tall and 63 feet wide at the top. Attached to the top of the dam by walkways, there are two towers on each upstream side of the dam. Gates in the towers control the flow of water into the penstocks.
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October 6th, 2016
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