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Lovely
Sep 09, 2010 01:17 PM
I grew up in Henderson, been to the dam more times than I can remember & have watched the changes in Lake Mead over the years. One of my earliest memories is going to watch them open the spillways in 1983, I didn't realize till years later studying energy geography in college, how much drama and fear surrounded that event. I haven't lived there in quite some time, but my dad sent me periodic updates about the bypass bridge, another dubious feat of engineering till he passed away this past summer. I wish he could see this photo, he would've loved it too.
Hoover
Sep 14, 2010 02:38 PM
Thank you both, and yes, it is a beautiful scar like so many other changes in the west.
If anyone is interested in seeing a (very) large version to be able to see the detail of the new bridge (it's big so it will take a minute to load):
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2075/damj.jpg
If anyone is interested in seeing a (very) large version to be able to see the detail of the new bridge (it's big so it will take a minute to load):
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2075/damj.jpg
Changing West
Oct 05, 2010 01:33 PM
A beautiful photo, yet the feeling is ominous. The clouds? What the dam itself stands for? White-washed water lines perhaps never to be reached again? Hoover Dam was a wonder and an object to revere for our dominion over nature. What it says today may not be the one-sided wonder of yesterday.
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