Urban Sunrise, part ????
August 16, 2012
Just South of Atlanta
August 14, 2012
Just South of Atlanta
August 14, 2012
August 5-10, 2012
So, here we are, early in the morning,
at the
Everyone knows the Dam was named after President Hoover and most everyone knows that at one time it was named the Boulder Dam
Most everyone also knows that the Dam straddles the Arizona/ Nevada border. There is a plaque in the middle of the Dam designating the exact border... you can stand with one foot in one State and the other in a different State.
Trivia #1
Here is what you probably don't know.
There are two Intake towers, one on either end of the Dam. If you look at the Nevada tower, all is well: it is just past 6:30am...
However, if you traverse the Dam and look at the Arizona Tower, there are no clock hands! Has time stopped in Arizona, could it be that time has no meaning in Arizona, or does it mean Arizonans have no sense of time?
Trivia #2
Back "in the day," before the fancy visitor's center was built on the Nevada side, there were two Restrooms on the dam, one on either end.
Women could only go to the bathroom in Nevada, while
Men could only go in Arizona.
Is there some hidden significance to this? Did the architects attach great meaning to women only being able to pee in Nevada and men only in Arizona? What does it all mean?
Another great mystery lost to history.
Bonus Trivia
(urban legend debunked)
Much is made of the story that engineers calculated it would take 125 years for the concrete in the Hoover Dam to fully harden, therefore there is still hot liquid concrete in the dam. Not true! The calculations were based on an early plan to do a "single pour." The plan was rejected in favor of one using blocks of concrete to improve strength of the dam. The concrete is all nice and cured! By the way, there is absolutely no evidence that any bodies of construction workers were accidently or purposely entombed in the blocks.
Now you know!
One of the centerpiece exhibits at the aquarium is the Golden Crocodile. Today he was dreaming of an arm snack, including watch
Fast little fish...
Jellyfish... lots of jellyfishes