Hoover Dam

While we were in Nevada, we went out to Hoover Dam. It is amazing that blocking off such a small, narrow canyon can back up so much water. The dam could have been even higher than it was. I’m not sure why they didn’t build it higher; too much water to hold back or too much area covered by the backed up water.

They are building a controlled access road in the area and this is the bridge that will span the canyon just below the dam. I thought that this was amazing.
Here is the dam and power house. It is a good drop. Because of time, we didn’t take the tour.

I also thought that the fault line in the rocks was of interest.