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Glen Canyon Dam, bridge, construction. The bridge span emerges from the anchorage in the wall of Glen Canyon just west of the dam site under construction, late 1950s. Arizona Daily Star file ...
From this viewpoint, I can see the dam, Glen Canyon Bridge, Colorado River and Lake Powell. It's a jaw-dropping view. But the actual construction of the dam and bridge is just as mind-boggling.
The dam was put as close to the boundary between the two basins, which is at Lee's Ferry, 16 miles west of Glen Canyon Dam, as it could be, he said. “It’s a philosophical dam — a political ...
Lake Powell is a reservoir created by Glen Canyon Dam. The dam was completed in 1963, changing the surrounding environment dramatically. Nestled among buttes, cliffs, canyons, and mesas, Lake Powell ...
Glen Canyon Dam’s power to bewilder ... Maybe, to them, anthropogenic climate change – like the Golden Gate Bridge or Glen Canyon Dam — is just too big to be real.
Glen Canyon Dam holds back Lake Powell in Page, Ariz., on July 18. Glen Canyon Dam is the second-highest concrete arch dam in the United States at 710 feet tall.
Glen Canyon Dam, substation (left) and bridge (in front of the dam) as seen from the south, near Page, Arizona [Photo by Adbar / CC BY-SA 3.0]. The memo details a discovery by inspectors at Glen ...
Plumbing problems at Glen Canyon Dam, the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., are raising concerns about water delivery to southwestern states. Federal officials have identified damage to four ...
Starting June 1, 2023, the Glen Canyon Recreation Area will be requiring anyone putting in at the dam and traveling the 16 miles of river to Lees Ferry to acquire a free permit. By Julie Jag ...
The Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell on March 28, 2022, in Page, Ariz. As severe drought grips the West, water levels at Lake Powell have dropped to their lowest level since the lake was created by ...
A set of four tubes known as the "river outlet works," pictured on Nov. 2, 2022, could soon be the only way for water to make it through Glen Canyon Dam.