{"id":43987,"date":"2014-09-22T20:45:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T03:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/?page_id=43987"},"modified":"2014-10-27T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T22:37:34","slug":"hoover-dam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/?page_id=43987","title":{"rendered":"Hoover Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43988\" src=\"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2.jpg\" alt=\"hoover2\" width=\"700\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2.jpg 700w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-250x195.jpg 250w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-100x78.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-150x117.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-200x156.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-450x351.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover2-600x468.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a title=\"Hoover Dam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\">Hoover Dam<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Hoover Dam | Amusement &amp; Attractions General information: <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Phone: 702-494-2517 Fax: 702-494-2587 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Hoover Dam Discovery Tour Reservations: <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Phone: 702-494-2517 Fax: 702-494-2587 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Toll Free: 866-730-9097 <a title=\"email\" href=\"mailto:jmerchen@usbr.gov\">Email<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-43984\" src=\"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover.jpg\" alt=\"hoover\" width=\"442\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover.jpg 223w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover-195x250.jpg 195w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover-100x127.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover-150x191.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hoover-200x255.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a title=\"Hoover Dam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\"><strong>Hoover Dam<\/strong><\/a> is a testimony to a country&#8217;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 five years, in a harsh and barren land, to build the largest dam of its time. Now, years later, <a title=\"Hoover Dam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\"><strong>Hoover Dam<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0still 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&#8217;s Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders. <a title=\"Essays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/History\/essays.html\"><strong>Essays<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; This group of essays explains what <a title=\"Hoover Dam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\"><strong>Hoover Dam<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is, how it was built and its significance to the past, present and future. Many of these essays were written by <a title=\"Hoover Dam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\"><strong>Hoover Dam<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0tour guides, some of the most knowledgeable people that you will find on the subject of Hoover Dam. <a title=\"Articles from the Past\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/History\/articlesmain.html\"><strong>Articles from the Past<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0&#8211; Many articles have been written about Hoover Dam. Here they assembled a few of the better ones to give you not only technical data about the dam, but an appreciation of how people have been impressed with it throughout its history. \u00a0Hoover Dam draws crowds from all over the planet. \u00a0It ts a world renown amusement &amp; attraction.<a name=\"zip\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"Amusements &amp; Attractions\" href=\"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/?page_id=44101\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Back To Amusements &amp; Attractions<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Hoover Dam Hoover Dam | Amusement &amp; Attractions General information: Phone: 702-494-2517 Fax: 702-494-2587 Hoover Dam Discovery Tour Reservations: Phone: 702-494-2517 Fax: 702-494-2587 Toll Free: 866-730-9097 Email Hoover Dam is a testimony to a country&#8217;s ability to construct monolithic &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/?page_id=43987\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hoover Dam<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":44101,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43987"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43987"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45390,"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43987\/revisions\/45390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lasvegasinfocenter.com\/mw.lasvegasinfocenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}