Hoover DamHoover Dam

Virtual Field TripVirtual Field Trip

Take elevator going Take elevator going downdown

The elevator holds The elevator holds close to 60 people and close to 60 people and takes you down 50 takes you down 50 stories. Wow! stories. Wow!

It only takes 6 It only takes 6 seconds to reach the seconds to reach the bottom.bottom.

When you get to the When you get to the bottom you walk bottom you walk through dark tunnels through dark tunnels like the one on the like the one on the left.left.

So that’s how they did it!So that’s how they did it! This diagram shows This diagram shows

exactly how the Hoover exactly how the Hoover Dam was constructed.Dam was constructed.

Four large tunnels Four large tunnels were used to carry the were used to carry the water away from the water away from the site where the Hoover site where the Hoover Dam was going to be Dam was going to be built. Today they are built. Today they are used as an emergency used as an emergency precaution if lake precaution if lake mead was to flood.mead was to flood.

Let there be LightLet there be Light These are called These are called turbinesturbines. Water rushing . Water rushing through openings in the through openings in the dam causes huge dam causes huge machines to spin. The machines to spin. The spinning turbines spinning turbines create electricity. This create electricity. This electricity is sold to electricity is sold to help pay for the dam.help pay for the dam.

Did you know these 17 Did you know these 17 turbines power all of turbines power all of Nevada and the Nevada and the Southern part of Southern part of California! California!

I’m in Nevada and I’m in Nevada and Arizona!Arizona!