A trail passes through tunnels of Lake Mead history and hints at the challenges of taming a once-wild Colorado River to harness its water and power. The mostly flat Historic Railroad Trail allows ...
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The desert railroad that built a miracle then vanished beneath Lake Mead
Long before Lake Mead became a symbol of drought and decline, its cliffs echoed with the roar of trains carrying materials to build the Hoover Dam. The Historic Railroad Trail follows those abandoned ...
A visit to Hoover Dam, that iconic concrete giant straddling the Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers history, power and jaw-dropping views. Visitors can walk around the site and ...
Every day of the week, from dawn until dusk, throngs of tourists travel more than 30 miles from the Las Vegas Strip to marvel at what’s been called the country’s most impressive engineering feat — ...
Even though I found myself visiting on an aggressively Cleveland weather day - gray skies, bone-chilling wind, and, believe it or not, snow - the lake was still a sight to see from the overlook. Like ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This 1955 film, The Story of Hoover Dam, explained the need to control and regulate the waters of the Colorado River. The film examined the 1928 ...
BOULDER CITY, Nevada - What if there was a 726-foot-tall structure sitting on the edge of Lake Erie, taller than many Cleveland skyscrapers, capable of blocking out the sun from boaters and kayakers ...
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