We spent a few days in Page, AZ to see the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. Page is a town created by the building of the dam. It now has about 9000 residents and a community college.
This is a picture of the dam from the down stream side. Glen Canyon is built on the Colorado River during the early 1960. There was much talk about the dam during the time Steve was at UC so he was interested in seeing the 'real thing'.
The dam is a hydro-electric facility with 8 generating turbines. The bridge was built first and the dam after. Concrete was continually poured - 24 hours a day--seven days a week - for over 3 years.
This picture was taken up stream of the dam from Lake Powell and really shows the bridge over the Colorado River.
The dam created Lake Powell second only in size to Lake Mead created by the Hoover Dam which is located down river close to the Arizona-Nevada border.
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