Thursday 3 September 2015

Hoover Dam Tour

I know I have been really irregular with the America Series. It's been more than a year since my first visit to America and I am not even half way through my America Journey.
So just to help you catch up, here are the past posts from So-Saree in America Series.
1)My First Day In America
2)So-Saree at Pismo Beach - Part1
3)So-Saree at Pismo Beach - Part2

4)So-Saree at Pismo Beach - Part 3
5)So-Saree at Huntington Beach
6)A Beautiful Drive in California
7)When in Vegas - Vegas By the Day
8)When in Vegas - Vegas By the Night


So we take off from here...

We had hardly slept and our alarm went off. Dammn....it was time to wake up.
We got ready super quick to start our bus tour to the Hoover Dam and The Grand Canyon.
 
Let me start with some details about Hoover Dam.

Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was controversially named after President Herbert Hoover.The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction; nearly a million people tour the dam each year. [Source:Wikipedia]

Now let the pictures do the talking..!
The Colorado River


Nevada Time: 8:30 am
You cross the bridge and in less than 5 minutes and you are in Arizona. Time 9:30 am :)



4 comments:

  1. The dam looks amazing...we did not have enough time in our itinerary to do this as we wanted to explore the Grand Canyon fully...but maybe next time!
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  2. Looks like an interesting place to visit, as far as man made...
    Great post!
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  3. So beautiful canyon, so mighty and huge! Did you know the history of its building? It is very interesting, follow the link.

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