Drive Time: 1.5 Hours Hours: 9-5 daily Activities: Dam tours, gallery Accommodations: Visitors Center Directions: From Kingman, travel I-40 eastbound to Hwy 93, Beale Rd. exit #48. Turn northwest on Hwy 93, continue 80 miles to the dam. More Info: Click Here to visit their website
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 5 years, in a harsh and barren land, to build the largest dam of its time.
Now, more than 60 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.
