Hoover Dam

Though I changed my job to the software industry, I go back to check on my civil engineering roots and always ponder on whether I made a mistake changing jobs. Last year, I visted Hoover Dam - A Civil Engineering Marvel. I will post pictures of it. The picture just has the location details. If you are going from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon ( one of the 7 wonders of the Earth), you would have to cross the dam. If you use google earth, you can see the top view.

Hoover Dam is a testimony to a country's ability to construct monolithic projects in the midst of adverse conditions. Built during the Depression; thousands of men and their families came to Black Canyon to tame the Colorado River. It took less than five years, in a harsh and barren land, to build the largest dam of its time. Now, years later, Hoover Dam still stands as a world-renowned structure. The Dam is a National Historic Landmark and has been rated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of America's Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders.