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‘Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. 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. Originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933, it was officially renamed Hoover Dam, for President Herbert Hoover, by a joint resolution of Congress in 1947.’ Wikipedia
View from the top of the Hoover Dam, in Arizona/Nevada, USA. The Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, also known as the Hoover Dam Bypass, can be seen in the background. Originally the road over the dam was used as the Colorado River crossing for U.S. Route 93, but security concerns after 9/11 expedited the Hoover Dam Bypass, which was completed in 2010. No through traffic is allowed anymore on the dam, but visitors can use the existing road to cross from the NV side to the AZ side for reaching parking and other facilities.
Right on the border of Nevada and Arizona.
The boundary between the dark and light colored rock indicates the past water levels.
A shot of the northern side of the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam was built back in 1931 to help control flooding, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power.
It sits on the Colorado river splitting Nevada and Arizona. In this shot, water level lines along the rock walls mark how high the water can reach at its peak levels.
Panoramic view of the Hoover Dam with Nevada Spillway, Visitors Center and Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge from the Arizona side.
Although he's got a little more used to the hoover than he used to be, I've got in the habit of putting him on top of the haberdashery cabinet whenever I'm hoovering. This time I put his new cat tree up there too, and although he still hates the sound he seemed to enjoy being much taller than me for once!
Back end view of the dam after driving over the top
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Also nicknamed ‘50-50s’ - the English Electric-built British Class 50 numbered 50 locomotives, and in their earlier troubled days, it was joked that they only stood a 50-50 chance of reaching their destination. The ‘Hoover’ nickname stemmed from the loud woosh emitted by the clean air plant that was likened to the sound of a vacuum cleaner, for sure a Class 50 aural signature.
The Class 50s were built in 1967-68 for service on the West Coast Main Line north of Crewe but were drafted en bloc to the Western Region after the full WCML route was electrified in 1974. Initially disliked by rail enthusiasts for enabling the displacement of the beloved Western-class diesel hydraulics, the Class 50s eventually won their hearts. Major rebuilding helped improve Hoover reliability. The Class 50s’ turn for withdrawal came between 1987 and 1992. Numerous class members were secured for preservation, and 18 out of the original 50 survive today.
Two survivors posed outside St. Leonards TMD on the occasion of the 1994 Hastings Rail Gala. Class pioneer 50 050 (originally D400) sports the later BR Large Logo livery and the ‘Fearless’ name. I did not record its sister alongside in Network Southeast livery, but speculate that it was either 50 026 ‘Indomitable’ or 50 027 ‘Lion’.
September 1994
Rollei 35 camera
Fujichrome 100 film.
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It was a hot, gusty, windy day and was difficult to make my way across the pedestrian bridge and hold the camera steady for a few shots, but I managed. I like the composition and flow of this photo.
We crossed over the Hoover Dam late one night on a recent road trip to spring training in Phoenix and I grabbed this night shot. You can see the new bypass bridge being built in the background. Read more about it on my photoblog @ anvilimage.com/2010/03/11/hoover-dam-at-night/.
It looks great large and on black
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Hoover
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.27843
Call Number: LC-B2- 4757-15
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it 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 100 lives. In bills passed by Congress during its construction, it was referred to as the Hoover Dam, after President Herbert Hoover, but was named Boulder Dam by the Roosevelt administration. In 1947, the name Hoover Dam was restored by Congress.
Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques used were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction, with 7 million tourists a year. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
Source: hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/hoover-dam
85 years after its completion, Hoover dam is still considered an engineering marvel. It is named in honor of President Herbert Hoover, who played a crucial role in its creation.
For many years, residents of the American southwest sought to tame the unpredictable Colorado River. Disastrous floods during the early 1900’s led residents of the area to look to the federal government for aid, and experiments with irrigation on a limited scale had shown that this arid region could be transformed into fertile cropland, if only the river could be controlled. The greatest obstacle to the construction of such a dam was the allocation of water rights among the seven states comprising the Colorado River drainage basin. Meetings were held in 1918, 1919 and 1920, but the states could not reach a consensus.
Herbert Hoover had visited the Lower Colorado region in the years before World War I and was familiar with its problems and the potential for development. Upon becoming Secretary of Commerce in 1921, Hoover proposed the construction of a dam on the Colorado River. In addition to flood control and irrigation, it would provide a dependable supply of water for Los Angeles and Southern California. The project would be self-supporting, recovering its cost through the sale of hydroelectric power generated by the dam.
In 1921, the state legislatures of the Colorado River basin authorized commissioners to negotiate an interstate agreement. Congress authorized President Harding to appoint a representative for the federal government to serve as chair of the Colorado River Commission and on December 17, 1921, Harding appointed Hoover to that role.
When the commission assembled in Santa Fe in November 1922, the seven states still disagreed over the fair distribution of water. The upstream states feared that the downstream states, with their rapidly developing agricultural and power demands, would quickly preempt rights to the water by the “first in time, first in right” doctrine. Hoover suggested a compromise that the water be divided between the upper and lower basins without individual state quotas. The resulting Colorado River Compact was signed on November 24, 1922. It split the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding amongst themselves how the water would be allocated.
A series of bills calling for Federal funding to build the dam were introduced by Congressman Phil D. Swing and Senator Hiram W. Johnson between 1922 and 1928, all of which were rejected. The last Swing-Johnson bill, titled the Boulder Canyon Project Act, was largely written by Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work. Congress finally agreed, and the bill was signed into law on December 21, 1928 by President Coolidge. The dream was about to become reality.
On June 25, 1929, less than four months after his inauguration, President Herbert Hoover signed a proclamation declaring the Colorado River Compact effective at last. Appropriations were approved and construction began in 1930. The dam was dedicated in 1935 and the hydroelectric generators went online in 1937. In 1947, Congress officially "restored" Hoover's name to the dam, after FDR's Secretary of the Interior tried to remove it. Hoover Dam was built for a cost of $49 million (approximately $1 billion adjusted for inflation). The power plant and generators cost an additional $71 million, more than the cost of the dam itself. The sale of electrical power generated by the dam paid back its construction cost, with interest, by 1987.
Today the Hoover Dam controls the flooding of the Colorado River, irrigates more than 1.5 million acres of land, and provides water to more than 16 million people. Lake Mead supports recreational activities and provides habitats to fish and wildlife. Power generated by the dam provides energy to power over 500,000 homes. The Hoover Compromise still governs how the water is shared.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Nevada) "نيفادا" "内华达州" "नेवादा" "ネバダ" "네바다" "Невада"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Hoover Dam) "سد هوفر" "胡佛水坝" "हूवर बांध" "フーバーダム" "후버 댐" "Гувера" "Presa Hoover"
Mamiya 7 + 65mm | Cinestill 800T
Scanned with Sony A7RIII & Sigma 70mm macro
Converted with Negative Lab Pro
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Hoover
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.30522
Call Number: LC-B2- 5198-8
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.
Hanson & Hall's Rail Adventure-liveried Class 50, 50008 "Thunderer" - on hire to SLC Operations - works 5Q20 19:05 Crewe Carriage Sidings to Kirkdale Carriage Sidings through Hartford.
The Hoover was moving Merseytravel's Stadler Class 777, 777005 to Kirkdale depot following mods at Crewe Arriva Train Care.
With DCR and now SLC Operations undertaking these moves for Merseytravel they have become the preserve of heritage mainline diesels, with this being the Class 50's debut on the 777 drags.
Completed in 1907, the Hoover-Mason Trestle connected the ore yards of Bethlehem Steel to the blast furnaces at the heart of the plant. For almost a century, cars ran along it daily, delivering the ingredients for making iron. Today, it has been reimagined as an elevated park and pedestrian walkway.
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