| Hoover Dam |
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| Offeecial name | Hoover Dam |
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| Location | Clark Coonty, Nevada /Mohave Coonty, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Purpose | Pouer, fluid control, watter storage, regulation, recreation |
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| Status | In use |
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| Construction begoud | 1931 |
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| Appenin date | 1936 |
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| Construction cost | $49 million (1931)$777 million (2016) |
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| Awner(s) | Unitit States Govrenment |
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| Operator(s) | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
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| Dam an spillweys |
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| Teep o dam | Concrete gravity-airch |
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| Impoonds | Colorado River |
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| Hicht | 726.4 ft (221.4 m) |
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| Lenth | 1,244 ft (379 m) |
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| Elevation at crest | 1,232 ft (376 m) |
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| Weenth (crest) | 45 ft (14 m) |
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| Weenth (base) | 660 ft (200 m) |
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| Dam vollum | 3,250,000 cu yd (2,480,000 m3) |
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| Spillwey teep | 2 controlled drum-gate |
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| Spillwey capacity | 400,000 cu ft/s (11,000 m3/s) |
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| Reservoir |
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| Creauts | Lake Mead |
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| Tot capacity | 28,537,000 acre⋅ft (35.200 km3) |
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| Active capacity | 15,853,000 acre⋅ft (19.554 km3) |
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| Inactive capacity | 10,024,000 acre⋅ft (12.364 km3) |
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| Catchment aurie | 167,800 sq mi (435,000 km2) |
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| Surface aurie | 247 sq mi (640 km2)[1] |
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| Maximum lenth | 112 mi (180 km) |
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| Maximum watter deepth | 590 ft (180 m) |
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| Normal elevation | 1,219 ft (372 m) |
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| Power Station |
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| Operator(s) | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
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| Commission date | 1936 - 1961 |
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| Hydraulic heid | 590 ft (180 m) (Max) |
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| Turbines | 13× 130 MW
2× 127 MW
1× 68.5 MW
1× 61.5 MWFrancis-teep
2× 2.4 MWPelton-teep |
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| Instawed capacity | 2,080 MW |
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| Annual generation | 4.2 billionkWh[2] |
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Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam |
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| Nearest ceety | Boulder City, Nevada |
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| Coordinates | 36°0′56″N114°44′16″W / 36.01556°N 114.73778°W /36.01556; -114.73778Coordinates:36°0′56″N114°44′16″W / 36.01556°N 114.73778°W /36.01556; -114.73778 |
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| Biggit | 1933 |
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| Airchitect | Six Companies, Inc. (structural),Gordon Kaufmann (exteriors) |
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| Airchitectural style | Art Deco |
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| MPS | Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS (AD) |
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| NRHP Reference # | 81000382 |
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| Significant dates |
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| Addit tae NRHP | Aprile 8, 1981[3] |
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| Designatit NHL | August 20, 1985[4] |
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