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Hoover Dam – Nevada/Arizona

August 31, 2020 Joseph Candora Architecture, Arizona, Dam, Historic Sites, Lake/Pond, Nevada, North America, Rivers, United States

Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. Originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933, it was officially renamed Hoover Dam for President Herbert Hoover by a joint resolution of Congress in 1947.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States by volume (when it is full). The dam is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam’s generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 ran along the dam’s crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.

New photo by Wanderlust Family Adventure / Google Photos

Glen Canyon Dam – Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Arizona)

August 30, 2020 Joseph Candora Architecture, Arizona, Dam, Historic Sites, Lake/Pond, National Parks Service, North America, Rivers, United States

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, near the town of Page. The 710 foot high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse the Colorado’s Grand Canyon by boat.

Pennamaquan Wildlife Management Area (Lower Dam) – Pembroke, Maine

September 5, 2019 Joseph Candora Canoeing, Dam, Lake/Pond, Maine, New England, North America, Rivers, United States

the Pennamaquan Wildlife Management Area extends between two dams on the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke, Maine. My parents retirement home was on the river in between the two dams.

This area was our prime swimming hole.

The management area has fish ladders at each of the dams where alewives and eels come upstream to spawn.
I have personally seen black bear, deer and otter in the management area.

Pennamaquan Wildlife Management Area (Upper Dam) – Pembroke, Maine

September 5, 2019 Joseph Candora Canoeing, Dam, Maine, New England, North America, Rivers, United States

The Pennamaquan River in Pembroke, Maine has a wildlife management area spanning the two dams on the river. My parents retirement home was right in the middle of these two areas so I am quite familiar with the site.

The short river (~8 kilometers) is marshy and home to numerous birds and animals. Alewives and eels swim up the fish ladders to spawn and I have gone swimming with a friendly otter. An old railroad bed would lead deep into the woods next to my parents farmhouse I have seen both deer and black bear on this trail.

Good swimming can be had with both a rope swing and a bridge to jump off.

Across the street from the access point to the dam is a fresh water spring with delicious cold water.

Exeter Great Dam – Exeter, New Hampshire

October 24, 2018 Joseph Candora Dam, Historic Markers, Historic Sites, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Rivers, United States

In 2016 the last part of the Exeter Great Dam was removed allowing free flow of the Exeter River. River Herring are now able to swim up the river for spawning. The waterfalls here were a gathering point for both Native Americans and colonialists. A series of dams were built and up kept for the next 369 years. The dam can be accessed from the Exeter Founders Park immediately adjacent to the dam site.

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