Travels and Adventures

Hoover Dam

Interesting facts:

A total of 21,000 men worked on the dam. On the average, 3,500 men, daily, worked on the dam.

The maximum water pressure at the base of the dam is 45,000 pounds per square foot.

The dam weighs more than 6,600,000 tons.

The dam's reservoir, Lake Mead, is America's largest man-made reservoir. When full, it is 110 miles in length and can reach a depth of 500 feet.