Exotic Car Rentals and the Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam is located in Arizona and Nevada. Construction on the largest dam at that time began in 1931. It was completed in 1936 at a cost of $165 million. The reservoir capacity is 1.24 trillion cubic feet. The reservoir is Lake Mead. The Hoover Dam provides hydroelectric power. Dream Car Rentals luxury car rentals say this site is a man made wonder worth seeing.

Dream Car Rentals luxury car rentals asks if you knew:

• The Hoover Dam is a curved gravity dam.
• The Hoover Dam is the second highest dam in the country and 18th highest in the world
• The Hoover Dam generates more than four billion kilowatt-hours a year.

Dream Car Rentals luxury car rentals provides a brief history of the Hoover Dam:

Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through the Grand Canyon and down the length of the Colorado River. During the second trip down the Colorado in 1871, he conducted geological studies that greatly expanded understanding of the topography of the region.

In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt signs the Reclamation Act.

In March 1905, Torrential rains begin and lead to the Colorado River breaking into the Imperial Valley. The rains create an inland sea across a hundred and fifty square miles.

In April 1920, Congress passes the Kinkaid Act. This act authorizes the Secretary of Interior to investigate problems of Imperial Valley.

In February 1922, the report called "Problems of Imperial to and Vicinity" recommends the construction of a high dam on Colorado River at or near Boulder Canyon and suggests the government to recoup the construction costs by selling electric power generated by the dam to the cities in Southern California.

In December 1928, The Boulder Canyon Project Act is passed and signed by the House, Senate and signed by President Calvin Coolidge.

In March 1931, the contract to build the Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant is awarded to Six Companies at $48 million.

In November 1932, the Colorado River is diverted around the dam site.

In June 1933, the first concrete is poured at Hoover Dam site.

In September 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the dedication of Boulder (Hoover) Dam.

In March 1947, the Boulder Canyon Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.

Dream Car Rentals luxury car rentals has put together a short list of facts about the Hoover Dam:

At the base of the Hoover Dam, the dam is 660 feet thick. Dream Car Rentals luxury car rentals vehicle say this length the is equivalent of two football fields measured end to end.

The Hoover Dam is 200 feet taller than the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.

The Hoover Dam has enough concrete to build a two-lane road from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida. In other words, there is enough concrete to build a four-foot wide sidewalk around the earth at the equator.

The Hoover Dam is so thick and heavy that it doesn’t need to be curved.

In 1981, the Hoover Dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

Future developments of Hoover Dam

In 2008, Dream Car Rentals luxury car rentals can take you to the Hoover Dam Bypass Project. This 3.5-mile corridor starts at approximately milepost 2.2 in Clark County, Nevada and crosses the Colorado River approximately 1,500 feet downstream of the Hoover Dam. It ends in Mohave County, Arizona near milepost 1.7 on U.S. 93. Construction on the nearly 2,000 foot long bridge began in January 2005 and is expected to be completed in June 2008.