Las Vegas Sun

July 10, 2024

A man stands inside of a penstock pipe, used during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The 30-foot diameter pipes dwarf the worker, and shows the grand scale of the project. In fact, there is enough concrete inside the dam to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco, Calif. to New York, N.Y.

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A man stands inside of a penstock pipe, used during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The 30-foot diameter pipes dwarf the worker, and shows the grand scale of the project. In fact, there is enough concrete inside the dam to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco, Calif. to New York, N.Y.