Hoover Dam across the Colorado River below the Grand Canyon,completed in 1936,it is 1,244 feet long and 726 feet high,making it the highest dam in the USA. The hydro-electric power station below the dam has a power generating capacity of 1 million kW from its 18 generators. The reservoir stores 30 million acre-feet of water in Lake Mead which extends 115 miles up the river | |
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