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== Citations == {{reflist | colwidth = 30em | refs = <ref name="meadfaq"> {{cite web |title = Frequently Asked Questions: Lake Mead |publisher = [[Bureau of Reclamation]] |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/lakefaqs.html |access-date = July 2, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120520123627/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/lakefaqs.html |archive-date = May 20, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name="powerfaq"> {{cite web |title = Frequently Asked Questions: Hydropower |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |access-date = February 22, 2017 |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/powerfaq.html |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100323052336/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/powerfaq.html |archive-date = March 23, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="nhlsum"> {{cite web |title=Hoover Dam |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1836&ResourceType=Structure |access-date=July 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716043900/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1836&ResourceType=Structure |archive-date=July 16, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="nrhp"> {{cite web | title = Inventory-Nomination form: Hoover Dam | work = National Register of Historic Places | publisher = National Park Service | format = PDF | url = {{NHLS url|id=81000382}} | access-date = July 2, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="usbrfaq"> {{cite web |title = Lower Colorado Bureau of Reclamation: Hoover Dam, Facts and Figures |work = FAQ |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/brochures/faq.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120514124746/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/brochures/faq.html |archive-date = May 14, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name="hovtun"> {{cite web |title = Tunnels |work = Essays |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/tunnels.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100623012153/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/tunnels.html |archive-date = June 23, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="USBR, Cofferdams"> {{cite web |title = Cofferdams |work = Essays |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/coffer.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100623012106/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/coffer.html |archive-date = June 23, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="USBR, High Scalers"> {{cite web |title = High Scalers |work = Essays |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/hscaler.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528192251/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/hscaler.html |archive-date = May 28, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="Rogers 2005">{{cite web | last = Rogers | first = J. David | title = Hoover Dam: Grout Curtain Failure and Lessons Learned in Site Characterization | url = http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/hoover_dam/Grout%20Curtain%20Failure-Hoover%20Dam.pdf | date = September 22, 2005 | access-date = June 14, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110921151521/http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/hoover_dam/Grout%20Curtain%20Failure-Hoover%20Dam.pdf | archive-date = September 21, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref> <ref name="USBR, Hover Artwork"> {{cite web |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |title = Artwork |work = Essays |access-date = October 20, 2010 |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/artwork.html |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100623012044/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/artwork.html |archive-date = June 23, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="blf1"> {{cite web |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/fatal.html |title = Fatalities |work = Essays |access-date = February 7, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110515221421/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/fatal.html |archive-date = May 15, 2011 }} </ref> <ref name="I&T-2010.V25.2"> {{cite magazine |last=Denton |first=Sally |title=Hoover's Promise: The Dam That Remade The American West Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary |magazine=[[American Heritage's Invention & Technology]] |date=Summer 2010 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=14β25}} Quote, p.22: "In one five day period alone, 14 workers died from heat prostration." </ref> <ref name="Rhinehart 2004"> {{cite web |last = Rhinehart |first = Julian |date = September 10, 2004 |title = The Grand Dam |work = Articles |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |access-date = January 13, 2012 |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/articles/rhinehart1.html |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112041254/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/articles/rhinehart1.html |archive-date = January 12, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name="USBR, Chronology"> {{cite web |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |title = Chronology |work = Articles |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/articles/chrono.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100928180218/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/articles/chrono.html |archive-date = September 28, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="A2Z Las Vegas, Hoover">{{cite web | publisher = Charleston Communications, A2Z Las Vegas | title = Hoover Dam and Lake Mead | work = Las Vegas Online Entertainment Guide | url = http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/otherside/sights/hoover.html | access-date = July 4, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203214412/http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/otherside/sights/hoover.html | archive-date = December 3, 2010 | url-status = live }}</ref> <ref name="USBR, Hoover Dam and Powerplant"> {{cite web |title = Hoover Dam and Powerplant |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |work = Brochures |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/brochures/hoover.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613151420/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/brochures/hoover.html |archive-date = June 13, 2011 }} </ref> <ref name="recspi"> {{cite web |title = Spillways |work = Essays |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/spillways.html |access-date = July 4, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062811/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/spillways.html |archive-date = March 14, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="USBR, Crossing Hoover"> {{cite web |title = Crossing Hoover Dam: A Guide for Motorists |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/crossingguide.pdf |access-date = June 21, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528060416/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/crossingguide.pdf |archive-date = May 28, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="Hansen 2010-10-20"> {{cite news | last = Hansen | first = Kyle | date = October 20, 2010 | title = Hoover Dam bypass bridge finally opens | agency = AP | website = NBC News | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39760784 | access-date = January 13, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name="hdbfaq"> {{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |website=The Hoover Dam Bypass Project |url=https://www.hooverdambypass.org/faq.htm |access-date=June 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613031657/http://hooverdambypass.org/faq.htm |archive-date=June 13, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="USBR, Hoover Tour"> {{cite web |title = Hoover Tour information |publisher = Bureau of Reclamation |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/index.html |access-date = June 21, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528053724/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/index.html |archive-date = May 28, 2010 }} </ref> <ref name="Burns 2001"> {{cite book | first1 = William C. G. | last1 = Burns | title = The World's Water, 2002β2003: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources | place = Washington DC | publisher = Island Press | year = 2001 | page = 139 | isbn = 978-1-55963-949-1 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hFkvJekTJ9wC&q=%22hoover%20dam%22%20%22colorado%20river%20delta%22&pg=PA139 }} </ref> <ref name="FWS, Colorado River Recovery">{{cite web | title = Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program | publisher = US Fish and Wildlife Service | url = http://www.fws.gov/ColoradoRiverrecovery | access-date = June 21, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219120559/http://www.fws.gov/coloradoriverrecovery/ | archive-date = February 19, 2009 | url-status = live }}</ref> <ref name="USBR, Boulder Canyon Project Act"> {{cite web |title = Boulder Canyon Project Act |date = December 21, 1928 |url = http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g1000/pdfiles/bcpact.pdf |access-date = June 19, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613142851/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g1000/pdfiles/bcpact.pdf |archive-date = June 13, 2011 }} </ref> <ref name="Lien-Mager 2011"> {{cite news |last = Lien-Mager |first = Lisa |date = December 20, 2011 |title = President signs Hoover Dam Power Allocation Act |work = ACWA News |publisher = Association of California Water Agencies |url = http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/president-signs-hoover-dam-power-allocation-act |access-date = December 27, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164802/http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/president-signs-hoover-dam-power-allocation-act |archive-date = July 14, 2014 }} </ref> }}
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