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  2. Hoover Dam - Wikipedia

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    Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) south-east of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California.

  3. Lake Mead - Wikipedia

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    Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, 24 mi (39 km) east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. Lake Mead provides water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada as well as some ...

  4. Lake Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    State Eng Final inspection completed in May 1991, fill commenced in June. Lake Las Vegas is a 320-acre (130 ha) reservoir in Henderson, Nevada with a 3,592-acre (1,454 ha) developed area around it. [2] [3] The area is sometimes referred to as the Lake Las Vegas Resort. It is being developed by 5 companies including Lake at Las Vegas Joint ...

  5. Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge - Wikipedia

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    15,000. Location. The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge in front of the Hoover Dam. The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is an arch bridge in the United States that spans the Colorado River between the states of Arizona and Nevada. The bridge is located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area approximately 30 ...

  6. Lake Mead National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Lake Mead from the Hoover Dam. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona.Operated by the National Park Service, Lake Mead NRA follows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Grand Canyon National Park to just north of the cities of Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona.

  7. Course of the Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    Hoover Dam and bypass bridge near Boulder City, Nevada Lake Mead, formed by the 726-foot (221 m)-high Hoover Dam about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada , is the largest reservoir in the United States with a full capacity of 28,945,000 acre-feet (35.703 km 3 ) and a water surface of nearly 250 square miles (650 km 2 ).

  8. St. Thomas, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    St. Thomas, Nevada is a ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, near where the Muddy River flows into the Colorado River. St. Thomas was purchased by the US Federal Government and abandoned as the waters of Lake Mead submerged the town in the 1930s. However, as the level of Lake Mead dropped in the 2000s, the ruins of the town ...

  9. 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash - Wikipedia

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    1 (Sgt Frank Rico: Broken Arm) Survivors. 5. The 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash occurred 21 July 1948 when a Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress, modified into an F-13 reconnaissance platform and performing atmospheric research, crashed into the waters of Lake Mead, Nevada .