 Gary and I toured Hoover Dam. The whole thing is impressive inside and out. As I recall, it is about 750 ft tall. No, the rumors about workers being entombed in the concrete when they died on the job are NOT true, at least according to our guide. Construction pictures of getting the first span across the river were pretty spectacular. Workers had rigged a cable car between opposite shores that was perhaps 1000 ft above the gorge below. We went through the generator room which was almost antiseptic it was so clean. However, you could feel the power being generated. The whole dam structure hummed with electricity being made. Unfortunately, much of the power output is wasted on Las Vegas lights and not on useful things such as computers... |