Dam High Scaler

A bronze by Steven Liguori commemorates the brave men who’s job it was to climb up and down and across the face of the cliffs where Hoover Dam was to be attached. They carried all their tools, water, food, explosives, and a power drill hanging from…

Sculpted by Norwegian born Oskar J.W. Hansen, these twin 30-foot half-human half-angel figures were the largest single-cast bronzes in the world.

Sitting on a base of highly polished, jet-black stone, the figures are so large, and the stones so heavy, that an inge…

The original Hoover Dam postcard featuring a Hoover vacuum in place of the Dam was published online as a joke. Then burned onto wood with a handheld wood burning machine by Wood Burning by Marsha. It served as the inspiration for a series of Post Cards with these …

Largest American Flag was photographed as it flew on the Dam May 1, 1996.

The flag belonged to Tom “Ski” Demski and had never flown before. It was decided to fly over the face of the dam during the running of the Summer Olympic torch as it traveled over the dam. …

State Seals

The Hoover Dam sits between Nevada on the West and Arizona on the East. The Colorado river and Lake Mead form their dividing line. They are also divided by the Pacific and Mountain time zones.  

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Los Angeles-based architect Gordon B. Kaufmann, then the supervising architect to the Bureau of Reclamation, chose Art Deco as the overall defining design of the Dam. 

The style (and name) of Art Deco comes from the "Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs,"…