Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Vacation: Feb 2012 [Nevada & Arizona: Hoover Dam]


Hoover Dam and Mike O'Callagham-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge..
on the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.


O'Callagham-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge..
1,500 ft. downstream from the Hoover Dam.


A Modern Civil Engineering Wonder of United States
One of the seven selected by American Society of Civil Engineers, 1955.
NOTE: Nevada on one side and Arizona on another side, both in different time-zones, an hour apart


Arizona time: 1.30 pm.. when Nevada time is 12. 30 pm..



Lake Mead - A view upstream from Hoover Dam..
The largest reservoir in the United States, located on Colarado River.. in the states of Nevada and Arizona..


Lake Mead


Lake Mead


Winged Figures of the Republic.. by Oskar Hansen
in state of Nevada..For more, click here..



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Vacation: Feb 2012 [Los Angeles, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, back to Los Angeles and then back to Chicago]..